Squatting. How big is the problem?

 

NEW: Police arrested 77-year-old man who refused to leave his home after someone stole it from him and his wife in a case of fraud in DeKalb County, GA

The man’s wife said that they they’ve lived in the home for more than 20 years just to find all their belongings in the front… pic.twitter.com/88owD1djXe

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I'm seeing more and more tragic stories about squatters simply taking over homes and current laws providing no relief. Even that I find interesting because they're making crimminal trespass into a civil court issue which boggles my mind. Anyway I wonder how big this issue is. Outside of this new to me story from Georgia I'm not seeing much about it in the southern US. Is this nationwide or just a case of weird laws in liberal areas.