Bill to speed up evictions of illegal home squatters

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1. The bill would create a fast verbal trial so the owner or usufructuary of a home occupied without consent can immediately recover possession. The judge could order delivery of the home to a claimant with a legitimate title, without requiring a bond, and the defendant could only object within 10 days without suspending the measure.
2. It strengthens the homeowners association's action to stop prohibited activities, including illegal occupation that affects safety and coexistence. The association could hand the action over to the City Council and, if it wins, ask for the loss of the right to use the home for up to three years.
3. It gives City Councils the duty to watch over safety and coexistence against illegal occupation. They could enter and identify occupants when there is serious harm, require owners to take legal action, report to the Public Prosecutor, take precautionary measures and impose penalties.
4. Registering on the municipal census by people who illegally occupy a home would be null: it would not prove residence or grant any rights. Councils would have to remove those registrations on their own initiative or at the request of the legitimate owner.
5. It toughens the crime of usurpation: occupying someone else's property without just title, when it is not a primary residence, would carry a fine of six to twelve months, and prison if there is a criminal purpose, profit motive or criminal group involvement. These crimes and home intrusion would also be handled through the fast trial procedure.
6. It reinforces protection for vulnerable groups: the social housing fund would become permanent, information on housing aid would be centralized in the National Subsidy Advertising System, and provincial councils could serve people at risk of social exclusion related to housing.

Who it affects

• Owners of occupied homes or premises: Could recover possession through a fast civil procedure, with more support from City Councils and homeowners associations.
• Homeowners associations and neighbors: Would have a reinforced action to stop prohibited activities, including illegal occupation affecting coexistence.
• City Councils: Would receive new powers and duties against illegal occupation, including sanctioning powers.
• Illegal occupants: Would face harsher criminal penalties, administrative sanctions and possible suspension of public aid.
• Vulnerable people or those evicted over mortgage default: Would benefit from a permanent social housing fund and better information on aid.

Words worth knowing

Acción de cesación

Lawsuit to make someone stop a prohibited activity in a homeowners community.

Juicio verbal

A simpler and faster type of civil trial than the ordinary one.

Usurpación

Crime of occupying or using someone else's property without authorization or right.

Padrón municipal

Municipal census: the register of people living in a municipality.

Lanzamiento

Court-ordered eviction: an order to leave the home and return it to its owner.

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