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This is actually an older news story, and it does appear as though she recovered from this before her death.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14389544
Should people get free housing at 92? At what point does a squatter get a free pass? Should we force the owner to give charity to the elderly squatter? What makes her more deserving than, say, Doctors Without Borders?
Developed nations give them enough money to pay rent after they retire.
Because you know, they shouldn’t have to work in order to live when they can’t anymore.
An answer to your questions in order:
Yes. At the point where an owner can easily afford to lose that building as a tax write-off. Yes, if their own wellbeing isn’t dependent on that property, with a reasonable compensation for their loss. She was there first.
It may not be the right answer, but it is one.
It’s just especially sad and cruel, in reality housing should be decommodified.
You’re begging the question that the squatter is the recipient of charity, and not the landlord.