In the wasteland known as Detroit, squatters have taken over hundreds of single-family homes lost due to foreclosure.  Devoting law enforcement resources to removing them is out of the question, so the squatters stay.  They steal electricity by illegally hooking up to the grid.  Some are drug dealers who use the homes as crack houses. But what happens when a citizen buys a property and tries to evict the squatter?  There is a "squatters rights" movement that seeks to give these leeches as much a right to possess a house as someone who owns the deed.  It was a particularly bad problem in Detroit – until the state legislature stepped in and stiffened the law dealing with "trespassers." Three laws went into effect in Michigan on September 24, criminalizing squatting and allowing homeowners the right to remove the squatter's property without having to get an eviction notice.  They can't physically remove the squatter...(Read Full Post)