Detroit, Michigan – A Detroit, Michigan neighborhood is celebrating the end of a tumultuous squatter situation that invaded their neighborhood and daily lives for over three years. “Residents of Dowagiac feared for their safety and their children’s safety when one of their neighbors allowed a man, his beat-up campers and all of his friends to assume her backyard dwellings for their own.”
After about two years, the homeowner passed away and the family tried to take back the home in order for the bank to have it back. Michigan squatter laws hampered the family’s ability to take back the home. The squatters tore out copper wiring and plumbing and tore down part of the next door neighbors fence. The squatters also had no running water or electricity for around three years. Neighbors would complain to police about a “chemical smell” coming from the property along with a steady stream of backpack wearing people going in and out of the home day and night.
Finally, after years of torture, the bank was able to evict the squatter and his friends.
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