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The original was posted on /r/nostupidquestions by /u/Master_Tadpole_6832 on 2023-08-31 20:16:54.
I've seen stories on the news of trash people breaking into empty homes and becoming squatters. They move their furniture and basically claim ownership even though the house belongs to someone else and the squatter never asked permission or paid the owner money to move in. The owner can't get them out either because of squatter rights so people can just steal other people's propperty. Why do squatters have rights? Why do they have the right to steal another person's home and live there for free and the cops can't do anything about it. In fact the squatter can press leagal action on the owner if the owner tries to force them out. The owner of the property would have to go to court and pay legal fees to get their house back.