Bill to evict illegal squatters faster and protect neighbors

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1. The bill would provide that someone illegally occupying a property cannot claim the protection of home or dwelling. Once required by the authorities, they would have 24 hours to leave or prove they have a right to be there; otherwise, immediate eviction would follow. In flagrant offenses, eviction would be immediate.
2. The bill would toughen the Criminal Code: higher penalties if the occupation lasts more than 15 days, aggravated penalties when an organized group acts, and punishment for anyone promoting occupation by spreading instructions or marking properties.
3. The bill would expand who can request the immediate recovery of possession of a home in the summary civil process: not only certain entities, as now, but all natural and legal persons who are legitimate owners or possessors.
4. The bill would give homeowners' associations more tools: the president could demand the immediate end of prohibited activities and go to the public authorities without a prior warning when the occupant has no title. It also provides for notifying owners of empty properties at risk of occupation so they can take preventive measures.
5. The bill would make illegal occupation no ground for municipal registration: the registration would be null, would not prove residence, and would grant no rights. City councils would remove such registrations on their own initiative or at the owner's request.
6. The bill would have the Government refund the owner the amounts paid in property tax (IBIIBI Impuesto sobre Bienes Inmuebles: the municipal property tax paid by owners of apartments and premises.) and wealth tax during the occupation, once there is a final court ruling declaring the occupation illegal, and the occupied home would still count as the owner's usual residence for tax purposes.

Who it affects

• Legitimate owners and possessors of property: Could recover possession faster and get back some taxes paid during the occupation.
• Homeowners' associations: Would have new tools to demand an end to prohibited activities and act against occupants.
• People occupying property without title: Would lose home protection, have 24 hours to leave, and could not register municipally.
• City councils: Would have to remove registrations of illegal occupants on their own initiative.

Words worth knowing

Lanzamiento

The physical eviction of someone from a property by court order.

Delito flagrante

An offense being committed at that moment or just committed.

Morada

A dwelling where a person usually lives; it has stronger criminal protection than other properties.

IBI

Impuesto sobre Bienes Inmuebles: the municipal property tax paid by owners of apartments and premises.

Proposición de ley orgánica

A bill before the Congress to pass a law affecting fundamental rights; it is not an approved law yet.

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