'We lost about $100K': NJ bill aims to make squatting a crime
Squatters move into unoccupied homes, and because of loopholes in the law, the actual property owners aren’t able to get them out.
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Squatters move into unoccupied homes, and because of loopholes in the law, the actual property owners aren’t able to get them out.
Tammy Murphy repeated her reason for withdrawing from the increasingly divisive race — that Democrats must retain the seat.
Following a series of squatting incidents in New York, with the most recent one in Queens, New Jersey lawmakers have introduced legislation to try and criminalize squatting in the state.
Squatting is becoming the latest social ill to overwhelm American cities during the Biden era, and New Jersey's municipalities aren't immune. Back in January, New Jersey state Senators Doug Steinhardt (R-23) and Michael Testa (R-1) introduced a bill which would outlaw the unlawful occupancy of a
State Sens. Michael Testa, R-Cape May, Cumberland, Atlantic; and Doug Steinhardt, R-Hunterdon, Somerset, Warren, called Tuesday for the Senate to advance their bill to criminalize “squatting," or the unlawful use of a building.