Condos grapple with squatters.Already beleaguered be·lea·guer tr.v. be·lea·guered, be·lea·guer·ing, be·lea·guers 1. To harass; beset: We are beleaguered by problems. 2. To surround with troops; besiege. condo associations now have a new worry: squatters in vacant units. Some are foreclosed owners who haven't left, others are living rent-free in units where they pay nothing. Dorine Neal, president of the 96-unit Circle Villa Condominium condominium In modern property law, individual ownership of one dwelling unit within a multidwelling building. Unit owners have undivided ownership interest in the land and those portions of the building shared in common. Association in Lauderhill, said there are at least several unit-owner squatters and a rental squatter in her complex, and that the numbers are growing. Bill Raphan, a South Florida supervisor with the Office of the Condominium Ombudsman, said owners are mad at condo boards, which in turn say it's tedious and costly to get squatters out. |
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