Christian OsgoodCEO, Multifamily Strategy · CEO at Multifamily Strategy

Squatters are Legal AND MORAL?? Stop the MADDNESS!

17 May 2024 · 1 min

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In this monologue, Christian Osgood confronts the claim that squatting is morally justified. He argues that treating squatting as a moral right is equivalent to endorsing theft, using vivid analogies such as stealing food from a grocery store or stealing a car to get to work. Osgood labels such reasoning as “ridiculous” and “Robin Hood‑like” nonsense that must end. He then shares a personal incident where a person broke into his hotel room, claimed to be a squatter, and was removed according to hotel policy, with the guest’s belongings stored in lost‑and‑found as required by law. Throughout, Osgood emphasizes that squatting is not a moral act and critiques the broader discourse that tries to legitimize it.

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Some people own houses that they don't live in. Other people need a house to live. I think squatting is a 100% moral thing to do. Question: if you need food, you're hungry, you go to the grocery store, you load up your cart, you steal all the food because gosh darn it, they have food and you need that to live. Is that the moral thing to do? If there's a family with 2 vehicles and you need a car to get to work, do you break in, steal their car and get to work? Because gosh darn it, you needed a car to get to work. Of course it's moral. This ridiculous Robin Hood, Aladdin, I need it, I'm going to go steal my loaf of bread. This bullshit has to end. This is getting ridiculous. I had a squatter in my hotel. It is a hotel room. He broke in, he moved in his stuff, and he's claiming that he lives there. I removed his stuff after he left because it's a hotel. We still store it because that's the law. I store it in the lost and found. But this is a stayover break-in guest. Is it moral for him to stay here? I mean, come on, when does the insanity end?