When it comes to squatters, Portland police can only act if they can prove there is criminal trespassing, which must come from the homeowner.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Large, spray-painted red X’s cover each of the doors at an abandoned home in Southeast Portland. Tents and the shell of a red pickup truck sit in the backyard covered in snow. It’s the one of latest properties to be overrun by squatters.
The piercing sound of a drill cutting through wood comes from the house next door. The neighbors are having a new fence installed to try to block off the derelict house. It’s their latest tactic to
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