Mar 26th 2012 1:25PM
A New York City homeless advocacy group that has reportedly received at least $240,000 in municipal funds in the last five years is reportedly teaching people how to squat in vacant city properties. The New York Post says that Andres Perez, a board member of the nonprofit, Picture the Homeless, recently instructed about... Continue Reading »
Dec 8th 2011 1:20PM
FORT WORTH, Texas -- One person moved into a dead neighbor's house. Another came from Memphis, Tenn., to Fort Worth to lay claim to a $2.7 million mansion. Tarrant County has become the go-to place for an assortment of squatters claiming other people's houses as their own, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. A... Continue Reading »
Oct 18th 2011 9:00AM
LONDON -- Like many young Londoners, 25-year-old Rueben Taylor shares a house in a neighborhood that's part scruffy, part smart. Unlike many others, she doesn't pay a penny in rent -- and that puts her at the center of an escalating battle pitting the rights of property owners against the needs of tenants squeezed out of... Continue Reading »
Jul 22nd 2011 5:26PM
When Virginia Henry bought her boarded-up and abandoned Rochester, N.Y., home in December 2007, she saw potential where others were blind to it. The house, a short sale, became her home to live in and care for, she said. She plopped down her $20,000 and filed her paperwork for a loan program that would pay the balance... Continue Reading »
May 17th 2010 1:30PM
What should be done with the million or so foreclosed homes in the country? We've seen their empty swimming pools used as skateboarding parks. We've seen programs aiming to transform them into rehabber's dreams. And we've heard plenty about turning that empty housing stock into affordable homes. That last idea appeals to... Continue Reading »
