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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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Publication:The Real Deal
Date:Jul 8, 2009
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