Squatters in Spain who demand a "ransom" before they will leave a property

Re:Squatters in Spain who demand a "ransom" before they will... by tecleandor on Thursday August 26, 2021 @11:33AM (#28316224)

You don't get any legal rights over the property even after long periods of time (as in some countries or US states that give you rights kind of similar to a tenant if you stay long enough).

Here you can only wait to get evicted, and that'll happen sooner or later. But as right now the courts are understaffed and overworked, it's more later than sooner. Probably between a couple months to two years.

Also, during the pandemics, evictions were suspended to avoid situations of people loosing their jobs, and then their homes and having no surviving options in the middle of a lockdown,

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Re:Squatters in Spain who demand a "ransom" before they will... by dragonwriter on Thursday August 26, 2021 @11:39AM (#28316321)

> You don't get any legal rights over the property even after long periods of time (as in some countries or US states that give you rights kind of similar to a tenant if you stay long enough).

Adverse possession actually gives title to the property, not “rights kind of similar to a tenant”.

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Re:Squatters in Spain who demand a "ransom" before they will... by tecleandor on Thursday August 26, 2021 @11:44AM (#28316398)

Ah sorry, I was thinking of the "tenant-after-30-days-in-a-hotel-room" laws and some other examples in Europe that are different.

Thanks for the correction.

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