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Re:Squatting in Spain: Understanding Spain's "okupas" problem by makeitdouble on Friday June 07, 2024 @06:36PM (#40613662)
> Under what ethical reasoning should they be deprived of their property ?

Ask the Spanish government ?

Otherwise most countries have adverse possession laws, the only difference being how drastic the requirements are. Spain just decided to lower the bar that much.

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Re:Squatting in Spain: Understanding Spain's "okupas" problem by toss1 on Friday June 07, 2024 @07:43PM (#40614039)
Yes, adverse possession laws are nothing like that

Here in the US, it is typically must be "open, notorious, exclusive, and unopposed" for like 20 years before you can try for adverse possession.

You certainly do not get rights just for showing up and camping for days. It's quite a different beast.

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