If a person who appears to be a squatter, as in this instance seems to be, is openly inhabiting a property, they can file to acquire the property legally.

Word of caution: most lenders won't provide traditional financing to properties that are inhabitable.

Say for instance, you purchase a multi that needs a full gut job, you may very well intend to move into the property but its inhabitable until the rehab occurs.

Because I'm inside the maritime zone (within 200 yards of the high-tide line), my property is a concession (a 20 year lease) and there are further restrictions on what I can do, including a 3 meter setback from the fence.I've been to the city planner, plead my case, and have been told verbally and in writing, that I cannot build closer than 3 meters to the property line fence, even a shed which would only be inhabited by surfboards, no windows, electricity or water.So my fall-back plan is to find a portable shed large enough to house 10 foot long boards and some tools.   

As a currently active duty service member looking to transition out of the NAVY and back into civilian life as a full-time REI and entrepreneur I feel the need to give back to my brother & sisters in arms looking to do the same.

Not a STR, but my personal home was previously inhabited by a lynx.

Most states require that the owner maintain the property stays in habitable condition.

We did the above scenario for health insurance as we had just moved to Vermont and the health insurance at my employer was super expensive and my husband’s preferred job was at a civilian helicopter company that didn’t offer health insurance (1995).

@Bruce Lynn Yes, but I understand we can rehab it to the extent it's in habitable order/up to current code and still recoup that amount plus the penalty percentage of it if it gets redeemed.

The third amendment states "No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.The Third Amendment’s restrictions on the practice are often cited to demonstrate a constitutional right to privacy and to substantiate claims that the Constitution and its Bill of Rights were designed to protect civilians against overbearing military and governmental authorityBasically the law was created to prevent the government from seizing private property and forcing it citizens to house individuals against their will?