Archive | Squatters

Did You Hear About the One Where a Group of Squatters Were Given Title to the Buildings They Occupied?

I read a story in a newspaper published by Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C., a well known and very successful real estate attorney.  Adam related the story of a group of building squatters that had broken into abandoned buildings on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and made them livable enough for small groups.  Mr. Bailey banned the word “Squatter” after beginning to work with them, “as they had a right to be living there – brought certain skills to bear.”  But there is no explanation of how these squatters “had… read more

Posted in Squatters, Title to Occupied Property
Read more > 0