Squatters

Hosts of Y’all-itics Give Debrief on State Legislative Session

By Charles Grand / September 5, 2025 /

WFAA reporters Jason Wheeler and Jason Whitley of Y’all-itics and Inside Texas Politics fame addressed housing activists and stakeholders on Thursday at the Mabel Peters Caruth Center, debriefing the crowd on the big-ticket items that came out of the Texas Legislature this past session. The event was put on by the North Texas Regional Housing…

What Did TX Lawmakers Deliver on the Housing Front This Session?

By Charles Grand / June 3, 2025 /

Yesterday was the last day of the 89th Texas Legislative Session, during which over 140 days state lawmakers passed a number of bills concerning real estate development and housing. Here’s some of what we’ve been tracking at the state legislature this year. Mind you that bills in Texas can become law even without the governor’s…

House Bill 32: Anti-Squatting Bill or Rollback of Tenant Rights?

By Charles Grand / March 18, 2025 /

If enacted, House Bill 32 would remove the existing requirement for landlords to issue a notice to vacate before initiating eviction proceedings, except in cases involving nonpayment of rent; enable landlords to obtain a summary judgment for eviction without a hearing; and allow landlords to file for eviction in neighboring precincts where they may get…

Scary Stories From The Home Inspector’s Notebook

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / October 28, 2020 /

Every week, the detail-oriented folks at Green Scene Home Inspections will give CandysDirt.com readers an education in inspection. Want to see what they see? Tune in for “Upon Closer Inspection.” With Halloween coming up,  we asked the inspectors to share some of the scary things they’ve encountered in the field. From a home inspector’s perspective, “scary”…

Thank Goodness For Good Neighbors: Squatters Seized After Trying to Pilfer Posh Plano Pad

By Joanna England / June 7, 2013 /

Maybe we need to get over this whole “possession is 9/10ths of the law,” mentality, because some folks are taking it way too far.

In another case of a home on the market getting some unexpected tenants, Jack Brewer, 74, and his wife were arrested at the home of Jeff and Melissa Nunn after trying to assume ownership of the home, claiming it was abandoned and using a rule that hasn’t worked so well in the past.