In the wake of the 2005 Kelo v. New London decision, Texas courts have made significant headway in the direction of protecting property rights, and correcting weaknesses in the protection thereof.
Squatter’s rights do not exist; property rights do.
On May 15, 2024, Texas Public Policy Foundation’s James Quintero testified before the Senate committee on the issue of “squatter’s rights.” McCaw Property Management (n.d., para 1) defines a squatter as “somebody who is living on a land or in a building that is either unoccupied, abandoned, or foreclosed without the legal consent of the...