The woman had flooring, a computer, a desk, a printer and a Keurig in the rooftop Family Fare sign, police say.

Article may cause a stir, so to avoid a flame war here is the last line in the article.

She was not formally charged for living in the space, police said

      • edric@lemm.ee
        14·
        12 days ago

        That and there’s the whole liability issue if something happens and it’s found out they were completely aware someone was living there.

        • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
          11·
          12 days ago

          Right, if the contractors looked the other way, I would support that, but I also understand why they didn’t or couldn’t. I would also bet that the roof sign lady, who didn’t have any visible means to climb onto the roof while living there for a year, probably had a number of reasonable people look the other way.

          What is appalling is that the working poor cannot afford housing. What is sad is that our society could provide for everyone, but we choose not to. Because profit above all.

  • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
    16·
    12 days ago

    I bet the landowner was furious they hadn’t got an opportunity to charge rent. It even came with a kitchen and study!

  • Sarcasmo220@lemmy.ml
    10·
    12 days ago

    There’s got to be thousands of signs like that around the country. So, housing crisis solved?

    • Crikeste@lemm.ee
      3·
      11 days ago

      “In capitalist America, they make you sleep in neon signs if you can’t afford a house.”

  • Plap plap 𓁑𓂸 @lemmyf.ukEnglish
    9·
    12 days ago

    How can they just kick her out? Don’t they have to go through an eviction process? Does she not have squatters’ rights?

      • MoonMelon@lemmy.ml
        2·
        11 days ago

        It’s from the days when records were a lot harder to track down and someone could just die or disappear. After a certain amount of time the state just has to just call it or else the land’s ownership is locked up forever. That’s why the term of adverse possession is generally lower in the Western “frontier” states than the Eastern states, it was a lot more perilous to stake a claim there and there was a lot of turnover, with poor records. People have successfully adversely possessed abandoned houses in places like Vegas though, and more power to them.

        It should be noted that trashing a house, setting fires, shitting in the corner, and inviting 30 of your friends to join you isn’t the way this is done. You have to “openly and notoriously” occupy the property, which basically means presenting yourself as the owner. So you live there, keep the place up, and most importantly pay the property taxes. Basically present yourself in such a way that everyone thinks you are the owner.