How stopping squatters became a hot conservative crusade
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How stopping squatters became a hot conservative crusade

It was a triumphant day for Patti Peeples‚ but one thing didn’t sit right with her. For more than a year‚ the 61-year-old Florida landlord fought to tighten the state’s law against squatting‚ a crime she saw up close when two women faked a rental agreement and occupied one of her Jacksonville properties. She’d done interview after interview‚ worked closely with her local legislators‚ and testified in Tallahassee. The result‚ a tough new law that...