With HB 2006, Texas has taken a determined stand against the U.S. Supreme Court’s abandonment of one of our most fundamental rights, saying “No” to Kelo and “Yes” to private property rights.
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...