Squatting has become a major problem across the country as lawbreakers have come to realize that, somehow, the law is often on their side, but one state is standing up and working to put an end to the infuriating practice.
Squatters have been violating the rights of property owners everywhere and some egregiously so, but the state of Georgia is moving to further criminalize the act with its Georgia Squatter Reform Act.
Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed the bill into law on Wednesday to make it illegal to live on another person’s property without approval.
Kemp told Fox News that it has always been “outrageous” that someone could just move in and take over someone else’s property.
“This is insanity that people just think they can come in and take over somebody’s home. I mean, it’s just outrageous,” Kemp told Fox News on Friday.
I do believe it has aways been against the law to live on someone else’s property without their approval.