A squatter who has lived inside a dead man’s home for the better part of a decade has allowed his former landlord’s daughter inside to reclaim family treasures.
Donna Kent, the rightful owner of the house, inherited the property from her father, who died in 2012, but is just now gaining access to her dad’s treasure trove of once-loved relics, NewsNation reported.
Kyle, the squatter who’s been living in Kent’s home, told the network’s Morning In America team he’s long been awaiting her visit.
He has been residing in the New York residence for the past six years without having to pay rent, but he says he was delighted to let Donna go through her father’s old belongings and disclosed the reason he never threw them away.
When Donna finally reached her father’s old attic, she said: ‘So much stuff everywhere.’
The dusty attic was in semi-disrepair, just like the rest of the home, yet boxes filled with her father’s worldly belongings were piled high.
Kent rummaged through an assortment of vintage family photos, baseball cards, a book with yellowed pages and worn edges, and other mementoes from bygone eras.
‘At this point, I’m just sort of overwhelmed, to be honest,’ said Kent, after nervously climbing up some tenuous stairs to the attic.
In one shocking moment, Kent picks up what appears to be a vessel filled with ashes.
‘We think we found some people’s ashes in containers, but we don’t know who they are,’ she said.
She ponders for a moment if these may be her father’s or other relatives’ remains.
She then admits that the cans are probably packed with family pets, raising eyebrows again not long after that shocking revelation.
‘Makes me feel a little better that it’s pets and not people up here,’ she said.
Although it’s unclear how Kent and her father interacted, she stated that she had been looking for some closure from the attic excavation.
‘I’ve always felt like there was something in there to give me some information—a glimpse into my dad’s life. It’s nice I was able to get into the house and see it for myself,’ she said.
Kyle told the news crew that despite living in a home that didn’t belong to him, he felt a sense of duty to safe keep what wasn’t his.
If I were in the position where squatters had taken over my home, I wouldn’t have been waiting six years to collect my items and gain entry to my home. I would have taken the matter to court to have the squatter removed legally. Either that or blunt-force trauma is an option.
Why is squatting even allowed? And what kind of story is this? A man takes someone else’s house and doesn’t throw away their possessions, so everything is good?
If these squatters tried it on the homes of politicians or celebrities, they would be removed in a matter of seconds; this absurd regulation solely affects common people.
This guy must have been a squatter with morals—the feel-good story of the year. Yeah, right!
Stories like this attempt to defend squatting. Just get rid of the vagrant, I say.
These stories of squatters have always baffled me so much. When someone doesn’t own a house, how in the world can they be permitted to live there?
Woke-ism because the existing legal system serves the interests of a certain group of entitled individuals only.
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