Residents in the Oak Park neighborhood in Kansas City, Missouri, say they're frustrated with the city for failing to address squatting issues in vacant homes.
We had squatters at one of our rental houses and couldn't get them out. My wife and I put up live feed cameras and as soon as they left the house we took the front end loader and dump truck and about 10 friends over there. We pulled all their stuff out of the house, crushed everything, loaded it into the dump truck and changed the locks, and dumped all their trash at the mother of the couples house. They tried to take us to court and the judge forced them to pay for the cost of moving everything and rental fees for the time they squatted in the house. Edit: after having another squatter incident with another house we bought I had to get the police involved to remove them and the on duty supervisor was there along with the chief of police and they both told me that I could have walked into the house with a gun shot once into the floor then shot the squatters and it would have been considered a self defense case because we were actually living in the house, had gone on vacation and came back to them living in our house. Gonna have to remember that for the next time it happens
That's the kind of person that could quietly move into one of those vacant houses, mow the lawn and keep it decent and the neighbors wouldn't say a word. People don't realize they could actually do that. All those trashed houses all over the nation where the owners just ignore the property, if people moved in, took care of it and paid the taxes, after awhile if the owners don't come back, they can claim it as squatters. It varies, but in my state it's 7 years.
@@greyeaglem if nothing else it would be cheaper rent. I knew a man that lived as a squatter for years. The children of the one that owned the house came to check on it. The step dad passed away and they had just found out. The step dad had put their mom in a home and wouldn't let them visit. Anyways. It was all just left. The man I knew had started squatting. He fixed it up a little each paycheck figuring it was like paying rent. The children came and saw it. They sold him the house for 200.
Most of these people are too lazy to work a job, much less upkeep something they're not paid for. The more likely you'd be to maintain a place you're squatting in, the less likely you'd ever be in that situation.
Amen to that, being poor doesn't mean we have to be lazy and ghetto. I still live in a clean, tidy home. I clean up after my dog, and I am a tidy lady. I don't get people.
@@gpk1982 Yes, you are correct. Just learned that they got to close it down because there was no power. That seems like a good way to get many squatters out. How is it that these squatters can get power turnedon in the first place is beyond me.
@@theresabollman8061 yes on that mr.clark would be a great neighbor too even after that piece of trash yelled a threat at him he still had compassion for people that are homeless
Yes, it is awful, and these properties were to be passed down to the adult children. What’s really awful is that these squatters were the grandchildren of the elderly clients that we cared for and they stole their prescriptions drugs and abused them. This is a terrible thing that is happening here in America. Now these college/bishops have entered the churches, operating them under the state, keeping these churches in poverty. This is Satans plan to destroy the churches and it is happening. They put these criminals back on the streets during COVID, and domestic violence has run rampant. Lord help us all! 💁🏾🇺🇸🙏
Usually. Especially if the owners aren't around and aren't paying the property taxes and preventing the place from being condemned. "Smart" squatters never really squat, but just pay the taxes and start taking care of the property. From the moment they pay that first tax bill, and mow the lawn a few times, they are on their way to claiming that house as their own.
This is the reason why you can’t just give homeless people a house to solve homelessness. The problems that cause it are so much more complex than just lack of money or property. These squatters would have remained undetected if they had acted like good neighbors, kept up the yard and generally taken care of the living space, but they were not capable. They still had the same problems.
They'll ruin an apartment or whatever free housing is given to them. This is all drug use behavior. You see the same behavior in homeless people living on the street and in encampments. A bunch of trash and random things all over. I live in Seattle and people just put up tents anywhere they want. You have to earn a living the honest way in order to live indoors in a descent area. You don't just take up residence anywhere, start fires, cause explosions with propane tanks and kill the natural areas.
How come the city takes forever to respond to this kind of situations but anyone else gets a complaint about what color the paint is or blinds on the window uncut grass am I missing something here
@@that.ll_do_pig You are wong about that. This is no longer occuring just in HOA communities. Certain cities are fining all residents for ridiculous property infractions (including having mismatch blinds, barbecuing on their own property), etc. It's a cash making scheme, and often the cities hire private law firms to come up with new fines. The law firm gets a huge percentage of the fine. And if try to sue them, they have teams of lawyers to fight you. The only way to stop it, is to get rid of the Mayor and City Council, just like the same with HOA's (get rid of the HOA board and also fire the Property Management Company, like some HOA residents are doing now).
@@jansa940 They're getting you used to being told what to do on your own property. Both HOAs and local government have been following and promoting UN Agenda 21/30 guidelines for some time. America sleeps on.
@@robertking3090 doesn't mean they have to create and live in trash. I watch people in my city literally pile up trash around them. They collect. They create it. The feel the need to have it. My city has washing stations. My city has free needles. My city has anything they want free. A huge portion of the homeless in my city choose to be that way. They choose drugs over being clean and home with their families. But again, i say , just cause you are homeless doesn't mean you need to live like a dirtball. I hope they all get clean sooner then later. But along with the drugs many around the biggest drug neighborhood in Philly have other mental health issues. Hoarding tendencies one of them for sure.
Thanks to the news team for bringing a light to the neighborhood to kick the squatters out. The neighborhood association members are trying to preserve their neighborhood and I am so happy for them. Good work news team!
Their is a definite problem in America, drugs have made these people unfunction able. We have to the same problem on the he west coast.Beautiful city's turning into trashed mess.Lord help us.
The unfortunate woman that lives next door had to tolerate the disgusting mess. Wouldn't even be able to sit in her own yard- let alone have company next door. Ugh! Hope it's resolved all over KC!
How about fines for not keeping the property up to code? Heck, I had a branch in my yard and they threatened me with a fine. They could also condemned it.
@@peteskipeteski4464 I live in St. Louis Missouri the same like the city only in force building codes on peoples that wants to do right. This is a big problem in black neighborhoods peoples drive-through and they talk about the people who live there but never about the people who owned the property for some reason the city can’t never get a hold of. Even app the city has acquired the property because of a lien or taxes not being paid it doesn’t change things at all.
This is what happens when you got broken down houses bought for taxes by hedge funds who buy houses take out loans against them and don't pay it back and let it go back to cities for back taxes
Not if a door or window is open & no sign of forced entry. I'm English & it's a very tricky area in law, as often it will fall to the side of squatters, then a whole court process.
Nope. As long as they didn't break in (kick in the door, knock out a window), they're golden. Squatters rights go wayyy back. Unfortunately, not too many states have done anything to adjust, or remove, the legislature.
@@amrogers4 See and that is the issue right there, they always have to break a window, kick a door down or pick a lock (which is still forced entry btw). Squatters rights pretty much only exist within a few places... Mostly the same places we have so many homeless issues (in democrat run big cities)
@@morganjanelle4282 Your reply made my day. Saw this early in the am and laughed till I cried. So did my husband. What a golden reply. Thank you! (I corrected for a spelling error lol)
These squatter laws need to changed across the board. It's insane that someone can go into a home that isn't theirs. It should be trespassing and they should be charged and thrown out immediately. Shouldn't matter who owns the home and if the police can't get in touch with the owners. If they can't prove they own it, they are in these homes illegally.
My thing is if you're going to do this bullshit at least keep the house clean and be quiet and stay out of the way! But I'm glad they are actually finally talking about it and doing something
I have lived in the KC metro area more than half of my life; 8 years in Missouri and the rest in Kansas. This is appalling and an absolute embarrassment for the City of Kansas City, Missouri. My questions are; why do these LLCs own these properties to begin with and why are they not occupied? The City Government needs to address what laws or ordinances they can create to deal specifically with out of town property owners. I agree with comments in the video as well as here that this would not happen in other parts of the metro area. It makes me sad and angry that this can happen and continues to be an issue. I hope 'the right people' are made aware of this and something can be done. Thank goodness for the brave neighbors who stood up and reported it to the media to get some much needed attention. And thank the local media for your part in making a difference! Best wishes to all.
If I was a squatter I would do my best not to piss off the neighbors. This is disgusting. Make these LLC's illegal or impose fines for not taking care of the properties. Seize the properties.
It takes one house at a time. If the out of town owner cannot be located after two weeks, it is boarded up. Two weeks after that, it goes up for auction with the stipulation that it needs to be fixed in one year, if it is not, then the property defaults back to the city to be auctioned again with the same rules.
@@Elizabeth-uj8vn Dude there are a ton of LLC companies here in Washington that are owned by Chinses that are buying up land and houses left and right.
The law say that a person has to be a citizen to own property here in america but what happens is they buy these place then leave to go back to their own country
I can't believe this. How on Earth is it so easy for people to just take over another person's home? If someone did this in my country, police would be at the doorstep in 5 minutes and escort the intruder to prison. Private property is private property.
Need to have Mayor step up then. Say NO MORE SQUATTERS. Have Mayor, put in Effect of saying if LLC Company / Owner of said Address of Offending House Doesn't FIx the Issue within say a Month time. Police and Code Enforcement Can and Will come in and Hire people to clean up/ Board up Offending Property. Then Charge/Send a Bill the Cost of Cleanup/board up to the LLC Company / Owners of said Address, Regardless if its a LLC company or Not.
Pro tip.. If you own a home that is going to sit empty, make sure to cut all water ? utilities etc. so if squatters show up the city can kick them because it is considered unhabitable, of course city ordinances can change from town to city etc,.
This man is a hero!!! And we need more people like him in the world 🌍!!! Amen!!! Don't let people take advantage of you EVER!!! I myself have been homeless until I got off drugs and got clean and sober for 8yrs now!! And I also have housing myself too! And when I did stay in abandoned homes I NEVER left a mess i knew I wasn't supposed to be there duh!! I understand being homeless for years but you can get help with addiction problems and get housing, but you gotta want it!! It's not gonna get delivered into your lap!!! You should Always respect where you live and not live like pigs!!!! Being homeless sucks but you CAN get help it's out there!
😔 That gentleman's right it's part of a bigger problem. "When that bridge gets too cold." There are just too many homeless. I was homeless once but I was lucky I was able to keep my car until I was able to find a job in getting new home. Didn't mean I didn't go hungry & didn't mean men try to offer me food to get sex out of it, it sucked.
Those homes are gorgeous! Local Government, hello, you have a problem. Also, this looks like an AMAZING opportunity to buy, fix up these properties~I am obsessed with how beautiful these houses are. Investors need to be local or reachable.
Wow.... The city actually did a pretty good job cleaning it all up. Now if the news could just keep doing more pieces like this. No one cares what the Kardashians are doing or which celebrity is getting divorced.... This is the stuff they need to focus their energy on.
Such a beautiful older neighborhood, it's shocking something like this continues to go on. Seems like everybody has rights these days. There's absolutely no reason that nobody helped these people clear this mess out of their neighborhood.
And this is one of many issues with LLCs from other states buying large portions or land. More often than now LLCs that own properties are based out of places like Chicago, LA, NYC, etc. They only hold the land as an investment and don't care.
This comes down to one thing, the parents did not raise their children right. Parents aren't making their kids get jobs at 16 so that they can learn to work and make their own money and safe up to BUY a house. All the people want "to live free" and don't care if it's wrong. You have to teach your children how to be responsible adults. Hoping they'll "learn by watching you" does not always work. A lot of people are lazy and have to be forced to get a job and hold a job.
It's a mortal shame that they can destroy a property like that with no consequences. But the truth is that once they leave, they usually leave the house with almost more damages than the house is worth.
This guy has a gym membership somewhere 02:35. He's not homeless. Looks to be healthy and in pretty good shape! Glad Action News got the city to take action. Those homeowners deserve better.
I didn't expect you - but I feel really sad watching these young people sent back to the streets... I really didn't expect it. We need to stop putting idiots in our local city and town councils that make housing regulations so ridiculous. We need to take power back from the legal system - lawyers/liars/leeches. They have a hand in absolutely everything... From the air you breathe, the floor you walk on - they're involved in the lease you sign, you can't make a move without a lawyer anymore... Whether you're a tenant or landlord. They've driven up the cost of healthcare, education, Auto insurance, The only industry where you can go to college for 7 years, put out a shingle and start charging people $200 on up per hour for advice... They sell access to Justice - and they're in demand whether the economy is good or bad they always win They don't teach a kid to read, find a cure for cancer, defend their country with their lives, do brain surgery... They're useless leeches...the original snake oil salesman carpetbaggers that went South and began following circuit judges to represent illiterate people in court they do nothing but produce pieces of paper
@@brianmoeller6839 - that has absolutely nothing to do with people being on drugs and choosing to be a squatter in a home that does not belong to them!
If the city doesn't take care of a problem like that, the other owners should have the right to withhold their property tax payments until the problem is taken care of.
It's the audacity that always gets me. Like, whatever, live somewhere for free but FFS stay under the radar. Instead they act like complete douchebags and act like they have every right to make everyone miserable. They get hostile, belligerent, and seem to go out of their way to be as unbearable as possible.
Yes, because look what happens...and then who's held responsible? Not the homeless. That's why most of them are homeless. They don't want responsibility... atleast from what I've seen and heard.
That's because Lamont worked hard to keep it that way. Fred on the other hand would have had it like a dump because him and Grady goofed off most of the day.
@@Jc34759 Independence is completely run by Democrats. You don't know that because you can't put party affiliation on the city ballot. Democrat values and policies lead to the meth issues and other moral decay.
So happy for that lady!! Would love to see the neighborhood build as much as that lady in the video deserves. Unfortunately she can't get back all those years of decreased home value due to the neighborhood.
25 NEIGHBORS FROM THAT HOOD, $25 APIECE TO RENT A ONE-DAY RENTAL OF A LARGE TRASH DUMPSTER, FILL IT UP, AWAY THE TRUCK GOES, CITATION, FINES IF IT EVER HAPPENS AGAIN!! MAKE IT HAPPEN, THE RESIDENT IS DYSFUNCTIONAL!!
Why doesn’t the City have an Ordinance that requires all absentee owners and/or LLCs provide the City and Fire Department a local contact for the properties they ( the absentee owners) possess that are located within the City limits?
It's the ridiculous code enforcement, regulations, ever increasing taxes that make housing prohibitive... Homeless shelters simply encourage it, create liberal jobs. And all these problems go on because of your local politics... nobody knows who's on their school board which drives your property taxes up, town council, State legislature, your local district attorney, circuit judges... everybody thinks we're socialist already - they're always looking to the federal government tit while we have 50 stars on our flag for good reason. Nobody pays attention to midterm elections.That's when the majority of the crap goes through People can't even live off grid with an outhouse anymore - but they can live in a city with millions of people, packed in like sardines, sucking up the stench of their own vermin and every bacteria, viral strain out there... with their own feces running through leaky pipes under their feet and over their heads. Billions of gallons of waste dumped into our rivers and oceans concentrated at levels that kill the environment instead of spreading it out in smaller quantities so mother nature can absorb it more easily Everybody wants a piece of the action -every politician wants some Bill or legislation in their name. it's code enforcement, regulations. that's why the economy got moving so quickly under the Trump administration - repealing all the ridiculous and frivolous regulations. That wouldn't be the federal government driving up the cost of housing unless it was subsidized housing Banks need to have their inspections also if you want a mortgage But housing should be run by locals communities know what's going on where. If there's a sign of racism or stuff like that - then they go to the state level for resolution, and then to the federal level - but the responsibility starts in their own front yards. California is a great example of the code enforcement being prohibitive to any sort of housing hyphen who voted for Nancy pelosi? And why do they keep voting her in? Because California is going to be the problem of all taxpayers... that's not fair - and somebody needs to leash the law suit happy lawyers.
Yes thats what i say welp if the squatters keep the house clean and the neighbors will be happy or like you said shelters waer they cancgo but i feel likecthey need more funding for addiction
@@timheston4315 well those MFS yeah but u know non violence shit ..like driving shit, probation petty bs,it's alot ppl n prison and jails for non violence stuff
Stop funding ftball stadium nba also. And the big eye opener is giving churches tax breaks. So much corruption in the churches. Give people the resources to get them in a home. Sad this country is going to hell so quickly
Connect them with housing? Connect them with a job, so they can PAY rent like the rest of us. This country has a homeless problem because we incentivize laziness with free ebt and housing
My dad worked on this problem with the City of Kansas City. He helped pass an ordinance that would give the city power to clean up this kind of problem. The ordinance said the City could levy the costs of abatement on the property owner and a lien against the property for the cost. Why won't the city use that ordinance now?
The only thing worse than a squatter are the laws that protect them. "We have to have consent to be on the property" says the cop. WHY DOESN'T THE TRASHY SQUATTERS NEED CONSENT??? I have no problem with homeless people, but people who have a lot of trash and crap scattered everywhere I do have a problem with
But if you don't pay taxes, the government would be at your door the very next day
So true facts
your right, and the cops don't give a shit either..but let them run a stop sign, or run 2 mph. over the speed limit..
@@kymopar yep
Yea but then they'll cease the property.
@@Thomas-lk5cu THEY CAN SEIZE DEEZE NUTS
We had squatters at one of our rental houses and couldn't get them out. My wife and I put up live feed cameras and as soon as they left the house we took the front end loader and dump truck and about 10 friends over there. We pulled all their stuff out of the house, crushed everything, loaded it into the dump truck and changed the locks, and dumped all their trash at the mother of the couples house. They tried to take us to court and the judge forced them to pay for the cost of moving everything and rental fees for the time they squatted in the house.
Edit: after having another squatter incident with another house we bought I had to get the police involved to remove them and the on duty supervisor was there along with the chief of police and they both told me that I could have walked into the house with a gun shot once into the floor then shot the squatters and it would have been considered a self defense case because we were actually living in the house, had gone on vacation and came back to them living in our house. Gonna have to remember that for the next time it happens
Yay! Fight. Back!
😂, how do squatters find their way to court????
Good. Glad everything worked out for you
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Some people are just NASTY, homeless or not. I knew a homeless mother who folded her daughters clothing & kept a fkkn shopping cart tidy
That's the kind of person that could quietly move into one of those vacant houses, mow the lawn and keep it decent and the neighbors wouldn't say a word. People don't realize they could actually do that. All those trashed houses all over the nation where the owners just ignore the property, if people moved in, took care of it and paid the taxes, after awhile if the owners don't come back, they can claim it as squatters. It varies, but in my state it's 7 years.
@@greyeaglem if nothing else it would be cheaper rent. I knew a man that lived as a squatter for years. The children of the one that owned the house came to check on it. The step dad passed away and they had just found out. The step dad had put their mom in a home and wouldn't let them visit. Anyways. It was all just left. The man I knew had started squatting. He fixed it up a little each paycheck figuring it was like paying rent. The children came and saw it. They sold him the house for 200.
@@WifeofaJer That is interesting.
Most of these people are too lazy to work a job, much less upkeep something they're not paid for. The more likely you'd be to maintain a place you're squatting in, the less likely you'd ever be in that situation.
@@WifeofaJer wow. ❤
i live in low income area myself and just like i tell all my neighbors, just cuz we broke dont mean we gotta be trashy.
That's a good attitude to have. There's no reason anyone, rich or poor, can't keep their property looking decent.
Amen to that, being poor doesn't mean we have to be lazy and ghetto. I still live in a clean, tidy home. I clean up after my dog, and I am a tidy lady. I don't get people.
David, you must not understand mental illness
Mr. Clark and the other neighbor lady are trying to protect their homes and property like responsible human beings. I'm so glad they got some help.
The funny thing is, if those people didn’t treat the property that way nobody would have even known they were squatters.
@@gpk1982 Yes, you are correct. Just learned that they got to close it down because there was no power. That seems like a good way to get many squatters out. How is it that these squatters can get power turnedon in the first place is beyond me.
No doubt that poor women that's bin there 50 years seems like such a beautiful person good soul
@@vernonsanders371 Yes she sure does. Mr Clark seems like someone nice to live near too. I'm so happy for them now. That was not fair to them at all.
@@theresabollman8061 yes on that mr.clark would be a great neighbor too even after that piece of trash yelled a threat at him he still had compassion for people that are homeless
I feel so bad for the older people who have owned their properties for years.
Yup it’s sad indeed They didn’t ask for that crap
@@frederickmuhlbauer9477, yes! they did, 'when you vote for Democrats,
this is what happens,
don't take my word for it, look it up yourself
NOT ONLY OWNED, BUT WORKED FOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, it is awful, and these properties were to be passed down to the adult children. What’s really awful is that these squatters were the grandchildren of the elderly clients that we cared for and they stole their prescriptions drugs and abused them. This is a terrible thing that is happening here in America. Now these college/bishops have entered the churches, operating them under the state, keeping these churches in poverty. This is Satans plan to destroy the churches and it is happening. They put these criminals back on the streets during COVID, and domestic violence has run rampant. Lord help us all! 💁🏾🇺🇸🙏
Your TH-cam comment helps them so much!!
Squatters has more rights than the owners
So do actual renters.
And that's wrong!
Usually. Especially if the owners aren't around and aren't paying the property taxes and preventing the place from being condemned. "Smart" squatters never really squat, but just pay the taxes and start taking care of the property. From the moment they pay that first tax bill, and mow the lawn a few times, they are on their way to claiming that house as their own.
Squatters defending squatters on here. It’s unfair for those who do pay their rent and bills.
Your right with that remark.
This is the reason why you can’t just give homeless people a house to solve homelessness. The problems that cause it are so much more complex than just lack of money or property. These squatters would have remained undetected if they had acted like good neighbors, kept up the yard and generally taken care of the living space, but they were not capable. They still had the same problems.
They'll ruin an apartment or whatever free housing is given to them. This is all drug use behavior. You see the same behavior in homeless people living on the street and in encampments. A bunch of trash and random things all over. I live in Seattle and people just put up tents anywhere they want. You have to earn a living the honest way in order to live indoors in a descent area. You don't just take up residence anywhere, start fires, cause explosions with propane tanks and kill the natural areas.
My point exactly
so give them services to be better
@@Zzz2x they did, they were social workers.
@@Zzz2x people like that can't be fixed with "services". They are human trash to the core and will most likely never change.
How come the city takes forever to respond to this kind of situations but anyone else gets a complaint about what color the paint is or blinds on the window uncut grass am I missing something here
Where are police enforcing that kind of thing? You're talking about HOA because the city doesn't care what color your house is.
@@that.ll_do_pig You are wong about that. This is no longer occuring just in HOA communities. Certain cities are fining all residents for ridiculous property infractions (including having mismatch blinds, barbecuing on their own property), etc. It's a cash making scheme, and often the cities hire private law firms to come up with new fines. The law firm gets a huge percentage of the fine. And if try to sue them, they have teams of lawyers to fight you. The only way to stop it, is to get rid of the Mayor and City Council, just like the same with HOA's (get rid of the HOA board and also fire the Property Management Company, like some HOA residents are doing now).
So true
Exactly
@@jansa940 They're getting you used to being told what to do on your own property. Both HOAs and local government have been following and promoting UN Agenda 21/30 guidelines for some time. America sleeps on.
If this is what the outside looks like, I can only imagine what the inside looks like 😂
Just cause they are homeless don't mean they gotta live like dirtballs.
@@robertking3090 doesn't mean they have to create and live in trash. I watch people in my city literally pile up trash around them. They collect. They create it. The feel the need to have it. My city has washing stations. My city has free needles. My city has anything they want free. A huge portion of the homeless in my city choose to be that way. They choose drugs over being clean and home with their families. But again, i say , just cause you are homeless doesn't mean you need to live like a dirtball. I hope they all get clean sooner then later. But along with the drugs many around the biggest drug neighborhood in Philly have other mental health issues. Hoarding tendencies one of them for sure.
@@suedefringe it's here to in ca. They have to trash all around them. Dirty filthy trash.
If they would have been cleaner no one would want them gone.
There's a reason they're homeless, and it doesn't include "bad luck".
@James Brown And stolen shit. Idiots and thieves.
Thanks to the news team for bringing a light to the neighborhood to kick the squatters out. The neighborhood association members are trying to preserve their neighborhood and I am so happy for them. Good work news team!
If you think you have a homeless problem now, just wait.
So true Debra
Amen 😞
@Ron Pelli move on 🙄
Their is a definite problem in America, drugs have made these people unfunction able. We have to the same problem on the he west coast.Beautiful city's turning into trashed mess.Lord help us.
@Ron Pelli that has NOTHING to do with this story. He's out of office, get over it already.
The unfortunate woman that lives next door had to tolerate the disgusting mess. Wouldn't even be able to sit in her own yard- let alone have company next door. Ugh! Hope it's resolved all over KC!
Thats a damn "CRACK HOUSE".
How about fines for not keeping the property up to code? Heck, I had a branch in my yard and they threatened me with a fine. They could also condemned it.
Yes--Fine$$ the LLC, then see how they'll get a representative there the same day
@@peteskipeteski4464 I live in St. Louis Missouri the same like the city only in force building codes on peoples that wants to do right. This is a big problem in black neighborhoods peoples drive-through and they talk about the people who live there but never about the people who owned the property for some reason the city can’t never get a hold of. Even app the city has acquired the property because of a lien or taxes not being paid it doesn’t change things at all.
Again the people that made the mess aren't being held accountable to clean up the mess.... WTF
Those are some beautiful old homes.
Not really
Yes....they are.
NOT REALLY.
@@WITH-THE-BUSINESS. LoL exactly typicall ghetto
@@blackfacehardon5163 BLACK face is White and lives in JOCO
This is what happens when you got broken down houses bought for taxes by hedge funds who buy houses take out loans against them and don't pay it back and let it go back to cities for back taxes
BINGO!!
“You guys go to crime scenes this is a crime scene” lmfao
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Yes, it is.
Squatters make me furious.
This gentleman and lady ( Johnson and Clark) are warriors.
Listen to them Kansas City...
Isn’t someone guilty of breaking and entering in order to squat ?
The squatters should be charged breaking and entering
Not if a door or window is open & no sign of forced entry. I'm English & it's a very tricky area in law, as often it will fall to the side of squatters, then a whole court process.
@@DMWBN3 Yeah most squatters pick a lock and then swap the locks and then boom they are in.
Nope. As long as they didn't break in (kick in the door, knock out a window), they're golden. Squatters rights go wayyy back. Unfortunately, not too many states have done anything to adjust, or remove, the legislature.
@@amrogers4 See and that is the issue right there, they always have to break a window, kick a door down or pick a lock (which is still forced entry btw). Squatters rights pretty much only exist within a few places... Mostly the same places we have so many homeless issues (in democrat run big cities)
OMG °~.☆.~°
The homeowner at the end, with the pink House, she's just so sweet, she about me cry 💖
If the LLC will not fix the problem declare the property a health hazard and demolish it.
thgey demolishged the foodr necxt home o fthat in the video, look google up maps
Burn it
@@smopuim Did you type that comment in the dark during an earthquake? lmao 😂
@@morganjanelle4282 Your reply made my day. Saw this early in the am and laughed till I cried. So did my husband. What a golden reply. Thank you! (I corrected for a spelling error lol)
It cost money to Demolish the home, just look at Detroit. KC doesn't want to spend ANY money on the east side of Jackson County EVER.
Can you imagine how bad that house smells without having running water?
it's a shame that the news station had to get involved for the neighborhood to get results!
It's how things are. But yes, that big bag media does get a lot of things done. And from what I can see, Jessica McMaster doesn't play.
@@topgrain she is a real journalist and she deserves her props☺
God bless this man. He has the guts to say what's up. I hope his neighbors help him.
Sad you have to get the news involved, in order to get things done!👏👏
ABSOLUTELY no consequences for the out of town LLC property owners.
Of course!
These squatter laws need to changed across the board. It's insane that someone can go into a home that isn't theirs. It should be trespassing and they should be charged and thrown out immediately. Shouldn't matter who owns the home and if the police can't get in touch with the owners. If they can't prove they own it, they are in these homes illegally.
My thing is if you're going to do this bullshit at least keep the house clean and be quiet and stay out of the way! But I'm glad they are actually finally talking about it and doing something
Exactly
I have lived in the KC metro area more than half of my life; 8 years in Missouri and the rest in Kansas. This is appalling and an absolute embarrassment for the City of Kansas City, Missouri. My questions are; why do these LLCs own these properties to begin with and why are they not occupied? The City Government needs to address what laws or ordinances they can create to deal specifically with out of town property owners. I agree with comments in the video as well as here that this would not happen in other parts of the metro area. It makes me sad and angry that this can happen and continues to be an issue. I hope 'the right people' are made aware of this and something can be done. Thank goodness for the brave neighbors who stood up and reported it to the media to get some much needed attention. And thank the local media for your part in making a difference! Best wishes to all.
If I was a squatter I would do my best not to piss off the neighbors. This is disgusting. Make these LLC's illegal or impose fines for not taking care of the properties. Seize the properties.
I find it hard to believe the city has no recourse. Lazy lying officials.
Usually meth heads live like this
It takes one house at a time. If the out of town owner cannot be located after two weeks, it is boarded up. Two weeks after that, it goes up for auction with the stipulation that it needs to be fixed in one year, if it is not, then the property defaults back to the city to be auctioned again with the same rules.
City has a tax bill therefore have contact information.
Too logical and economically sensible.
This is absurd. Government needs to step in immediately.
Nope. People need to take care of your own property and life. Every time the ‘government’ gets involved, the tax payers get screwed
People that live outside the USA should not be allowed to own property like this
Out of Town not out of the country
@@Elizabeth-uj8vn There are LLC 's that own property in the U.S. that are from out of the country.
@@Elizabeth-uj8vn Dude there are a ton of LLC companies here in Washington that are owned by Chinses that are buying up land and houses left and right.
@@SilvaDreams DC or Washington state?
The law say that a person has to be a citizen to own property here in america but what happens is they buy these place then leave to go back to their own country
That’s what happens when you allow banks to buy homes and keep them empty to artificially inflate housing prices!
Just the opposite in this neighborhood....the objective it to crush the home prices.
Detroit just started to knock down the junk homes finally!
10 to 15 thousand per house on taxpayer bill.
Man that’s way overdue! Good they should bulldoze all those and let it go back to country!
If I had to squat in an abandoned house you'd never, ever know I was there. Whatever happened to the concept of stealth camping?
Bottom feeders are not the best strategists.
Then they should start charging the owners of the property that'll get them to move their asses
Yes
I can't believe this. How on Earth is it so easy for people to just take over another person's home? If someone did this in my country, police would be at the doorstep in 5 minutes and escort the intruder to prison. Private property is private property.
Need to have Mayor step up then. Say NO MORE SQUATTERS. Have Mayor, put in Effect of saying if LLC Company / Owner of said Address of Offending House Doesn't FIx the Issue within say a Month time. Police and Code Enforcement Can and Will come in and Hire people to clean up/ Board up Offending Property. Then Charge/Send a Bill the Cost of Cleanup/board up to the LLC Company / Owners of said Address, Regardless if its a LLC company or Not.
The mayor, haaaa!!!
Mayor Doofus?? I don't think so..
I can see the frustration in the neighbors eyes. Really sad, they care about their community.
The law that is being broken is " braking and entering " . They should have been arrested .
And trespassing, illegal dumping, and property damage.
Rebecca Flagler *breaking.
@@jumpinjojo no, braking. If you don't stop there you can't enter. 😁🙃🙃🤔
@@anthonythorp7291 he he he
Breaking..
Pro tip.. If you own a home that is going to sit empty, make sure to cut all water ? utilities etc. so if squatters show up the city can kick them because it is considered unhabitable, of course city ordinances can change from town to city etc,.
Thats awful. They should make the squatters clean it up.
How you going to enforce that 🤔
She's right, it isn't happening at the mayor's neighborhood!
Bunch of bs
This man is a hero!!! And we need more people like him in the world 🌍!!! Amen!!! Don't let people take advantage of you EVER!!! I myself have been homeless until I got off drugs and got clean and sober for 8yrs now!! And I also have housing myself too! And when I did stay in abandoned homes I NEVER left a mess i knew I wasn't supposed to be there duh!! I understand being homeless for years but you can get help with addiction problems and get housing, but you gotta want it!! It's not gonna get delivered into your lap!!! You should Always respect where you live and not live like pigs!!!! Being homeless sucks but you CAN get help it's out there!
The real problem is the policies I'll bet you a million dollars that the city are ran by liberal politicians
😔 That gentleman's right it's part of a bigger problem. "When that bridge gets too cold."
There are just too many homeless.
I was homeless once but I was lucky I was able to keep my car until I was able to find a job in getting new home.
Didn't mean I didn't go hungry & didn't mean men try to offer me food to get sex out of it, it sucked.
Yes, but when you're homeless because you're a drug addict you're never going to get back on your feet.
👏👏👏👏👏 for trying to keep their neighbors hood clean
Those homes are gorgeous! Local Government, hello, you have a problem.
Also, this looks like an AMAZING opportunity to buy, fix up these properties~I am obsessed with how beautiful these houses are.
Investors need to be local or reachable.
Wow.... The city actually did a pretty good job cleaning it all up. Now if the news could just keep doing more pieces like this. No one cares what the Kardashians are doing or which celebrity is getting divorced.... This is the stuff they need to focus their energy on.
You need help.
Nawwww
@@blackfacehardon5163 Shut up,troll
Such a beautiful older neighborhood, it's shocking something like this continues to go on. Seems like everybody has rights these days. There's absolutely no reason that nobody helped these people clear this mess out of their neighborhood.
And this is one of many issues with LLCs from other states buying large portions or land. More often than now LLCs that own properties are based out of places like Chicago, LA, NYC, etc. They only hold the land as an investment and don't care.
Paul is a freakin liar! You know damn well he has been collecting the money to manage the property and now got caught not managing it.
Thats what I was thinking. He shows yo all of a sudden
Sure you evicted them a couple of months ago. He's done nothing about the problem for years.
100%
these investment companies that buy residential houses is a huge problem
Mr. Clark is awesome. Fight the good fight, sir!
This comes down to one thing, the parents did not raise their children right. Parents aren't making their kids get jobs at 16 so that they can learn to work and make their own money and safe up to BUY a house. All the people want "to live free" and don't care if it's wrong. You have to teach your children how to be responsible adults. Hoping they'll "learn by watching you" does not always work. A lot of people are lazy and have to be forced to get a job and hold a job.
It's a mortal shame that they can destroy a property like that with no consequences. But the truth is that once they leave, they usually leave the house with almost more damages than the house is worth.
Drugs, drugs, drugs
Miss Johnson is just so cute🙋🏽♀️💕
She’s absolutely right this will never happen in Overland Park
Did she say, OP, or ward parkway??
This guy has a gym membership somewhere 02:35. He's not homeless. Looks to be healthy and in pretty good shape! Glad Action News got the city to take action. Those homeowners deserve better.
Gym membership to use the showers, bathrooms
Hey you folks picked the mayor. Live with it brothers.
The problem has been there for decades, before Lucas
That's BS when they start a fire then they will fix this problem. The LLC needs to be responsible for their problem.
IF THE SQUATTERS BURN THE HOUSE DOWN, THE LLC COLLECTS THE INSURANCE MONEY. 😒
Dope heads do not wanna pay rent, more $$$ for their dope 😒
Preach
I didn't expect you - but I feel really sad watching these young people sent back to the streets... I really didn't expect it.
We need to stop putting idiots in our local city and town councils that make housing regulations so ridiculous.
We need to take power back from the legal system - lawyers/liars/leeches.
They have a hand in absolutely everything... From the air you breathe, the floor you walk on - they're involved in the lease you sign,
you can't make a move without a lawyer anymore... Whether you're a tenant or landlord.
They've driven up the cost of healthcare, education, Auto insurance,
The only industry where you can go to college for 7 years, put out a shingle and start charging people $200 on up per hour for advice... They sell access to Justice - and they're in demand whether the economy is good or bad
they always win
They don't teach a kid to read, find a cure for cancer, defend their country with their lives, do brain surgery... They're useless leeches...the original snake oil salesman carpetbaggers that went South and began following circuit judges to represent illiterate people in court
they do nothing but produce pieces of paper
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Quit voting democrat then
@@brianmoeller6839 - that has absolutely nothing to do with people being on drugs and choosing to be a squatter in a home that does not belong to them!
Wow a great story. Good job cleaning up that garbage
If politicians don’t allow this next door something should be done in every city the day it starts.
If the city doesn't take care of a problem like that, the other owners should have the right to withhold their property tax payments until the problem is taken care of.
It's the audacity that always gets me.
Like, whatever, live somewhere for free but FFS stay under the radar. Instead they act like complete douchebags and act like they have every right to make everyone miserable. They get hostile, belligerent, and seem to go out of their way to be as unbearable as possible.
I live in Florida and they would rather a house decay than let homeless people live in them
Yes, because look what happens...and then who's held responsible? Not the homeless. That's why most of them are homeless. They don't want responsibility... atleast from what I've seen and heard.
Like I always say, if this was the Mayor’s home, them squatters would be gone yesterday!
We call them Crkheds
We call You a troll.
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If I was a squatter, wouldn't I do everything in my power to NOT attract attention to myself? So why squat in a house then trash it?
The media needs to go after the city. Thats how it should work. Hope the city gets involved or hey wait, the residents need to clean it up.
Not the residents resposibility. Property OWNER!!!!
I feel your pain.
Fred Sandfords place didn't even look that bad..And he was a junk dealer. Lol
That was a Telivison show
That's because Lamont worked hard to keep it that way. Fred on the other hand would have had it like a dump because him and Grady goofed off most of the day.
Can’t even have the decency to take care of the property! Might be why they have nothing to call their own!
Dang... in San Francisco they just squat on the sidewalk... literally 🙄
Both SF and KC are Democrat cities. This is Democrat progress at its finest.
@@oldlefty1267 independence is pretty republican and it’s methed out
@@Jc34759 Independence is completely run by Democrats. You don't know that because you can't put party affiliation on the city ballot. Democrat values and policies lead to the meth issues and other moral decay.
@@Jc34759 Bingo!!!
@@oldlefty1267(I know that I will regret asking this.) How did Democrat values create the meth problem?
We need to reinstate the GOON SQUADS to clear these homes out. The city has land. Put these folks there.
Probably the most true video the news could do
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So happy for that lady!! Would love to see the neighborhood build as much as that lady in the video deserves. Unfortunately she can't get back all those years of decreased home value due to the neighborhood.
Looks like 'breaking & entering' is no longer a crime if you are homeless...which is why the problem is growing...
It'll only be a crime when it happens at the Mayor's residence.
make sqatting a crime problem solved
right like tf
It IS a crime
It's only a crime when it happens at an elected official's residence.
The entire issue of LLCs owning single family homes needs to be legislated to be illegal. It's killing the rental market, killing neighborhoods.
100%. Let's all speak loud and continuously until this is done.
25 NEIGHBORS FROM THAT HOOD, $25 APIECE TO RENT A ONE-DAY RENTAL OF A LARGE TRASH DUMPSTER, FILL IT UP, AWAY THE TRUCK GOES, CITATION, FINES IF IT EVER HAPPENS AGAIN!! MAKE IT HAPPEN, THE RESIDENT IS DYSFUNCTIONAL!!
Why doesn’t the City have an Ordinance that requires all absentee owners and/or LLCs provide the City and Fire Department a local contact for the properties they ( the absentee owners) possess that are located within the City limits?
Homeless...but scrolling her iPhone.
yeah, how does she pay that bill?
😂😂
Thank you for helping the squatters and the neighbor ..I better get to cleaning my yard and junks
Neon shirt guy is awesome.
The Board of Health should of stepped in, definitely a health hazard!
Such a shame for people living in that area & are paying rent or mortgage.
This home would go for 200k on Douglas in Lee's Summit, if were cleaned up.
Nawww
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Stop funding PRISONS and build homeless shelters wtf duh wish I had money
It's the ridiculous code enforcement, regulations, ever increasing taxes that make housing prohibitive... Homeless shelters simply encourage it, create liberal jobs.
And all these problems go on because of your local politics... nobody knows who's on their school board which drives your property taxes up, town council, State legislature, your local district attorney, circuit judges...
everybody thinks we're socialist already - they're always looking to the federal government tit while we have 50 stars on our flag for good reason.
Nobody pays attention to midterm elections.That's when the majority of the crap goes through
People can't even live off grid with an outhouse anymore - but they can live in a city with millions of people, packed in like sardines, sucking up the stench of their own vermin and every bacteria, viral strain out there... with their own feces running through leaky pipes under their feet and over their heads. Billions of gallons of waste dumped into our rivers and oceans concentrated at levels that kill the environment instead of spreading it out in smaller quantities so mother nature can absorb it more easily
Everybody wants a piece of the action -every politician wants some Bill or legislation in their name.
it's code enforcement, regulations.
that's why the economy got moving so quickly under the Trump administration - repealing all the ridiculous and frivolous regulations.
That wouldn't be the federal government driving up the cost of housing unless it was subsidized housing
Banks need to have their inspections also if you want a mortgage
But housing should be run by locals communities know what's going on where. If there's a sign of racism or stuff like that - then they go to the state level for resolution, and then to the federal level - but the responsibility starts in their own front yards.
California is a great example of the code enforcement being prohibitive to any sort of housing hyphen who voted for Nancy pelosi? And why do they keep voting her in? Because California is going to be the problem of all taxpayers... that's not fair
- and somebody needs to leash the law suit happy lawyers.
Yes thats what i say welp if the squatters keep the house clean and the neighbors will be happy or like you said shelters waer they cancgo but i feel likecthey need more funding for addiction
Stop funding prisons really what should we do with the killer's and rapist how about we move them to your neighborhood
@@timheston4315 well those MFS yeah but u know non violence shit ..like driving shit, probation petty bs,it's alot ppl n prison and jails for non violence stuff
Stop funding ftball stadium nba also. And the big eye opener is giving churches tax breaks. So much corruption in the churches. Give people the resources to get them in a home. Sad this country is going to hell so quickly
Wow the LLC lives in Joliet, Illinois... that’s where I grew up. That’s insane
Connect them with housing? Connect them with a job, so they can PAY rent like the rest of us. This country has a homeless problem because we incentivize laziness with free ebt and housing
The government could easily pass laws to protect owners, neighbours and other victims of crime.
Don't those homes belong to someone? How could those squatters just take over a house and the yard like that?
My dad worked on this problem with the City of Kansas City. He helped pass an ordinance that would give the city power to clean up this kind of problem. The ordinance said the City could levy the costs of abatement on the property owner and a lien against the property for the cost. Why won't the city use that ordinance now?
where I live those are million dollar homes, great looking neighbourhood.
Kansas City is pretty cheap to live a good life! This is NOT normal! Not ALL of KC!!!
Its in a bad unlivable area.
Those houses go for 40 grand a peice
@@TheKerryzzz Do you live there?
@@blackfacehardon5163 How do You know?
The only thing worse than a squatter are the laws that protect them. "We have to have consent to be on the property" says the cop. WHY DOESN'T THE TRASHY SQUATTERS NEED CONSENT??? I have no problem with homeless people, but people who have a lot of trash and crap scattered everywhere I do have a problem with