Trespassers Welcome: How the Law Protects Squatters

John Stossel

If you find someone squatting in your house, it turns out that there’s often very little you can do to get them out.

That’s why Flash Shelton started SquatterHunters.com, to help homeowners remove unwanted intruders.

Flash Shelton couldn’t believe it when he found there was a stranger living in his mother’s old house.

He called the police, but they wouldn’t help him.

Turns out, laws meant to protect tenants, also protect squatters.

Shelton took matters into his own hands.

Here’s how he out-squatted the squatter.