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February 28, 2011
Mark Guerette's Tenant, Cheryl Mann, Faced Criminal Charges and Struggled to Pay Rent
Michael McElroyMark GueretteIn this week's feature we tell the story of Mark Guerette, who saw a glut of empty houses and people with no place to go, and decided to take the matter into his own hands. After moving more than a dozen families into foreclosed houses and collecting rent for a few mon ... More >>
News
February 24, 2011
The Lord of Squat: Mark Guerette Got Busted for Putting Families in Foreclosed Homes
Blogs
February 24, 2011
The Lord of Squat: An Overview of Mark Guerette's Adverse Possession Claims
Mark GueretteOur feature this week is about Mark Guerette, who decided to take advantage of an old squatter's-rights law called "adverse possession" to move low-income families, some with checkered pasts, into empty foreclosed houses around Broward County. Mark was eventually charged with fraud b ... More >>
Blogs
January 13, 2011
How to Take Over an Empty Foreclosed House
A placard like this on a house means it's abandoned.Need a house for free? Luckily, you're in South Florida, which exists for the sole purpose of providing lots and lots of people with houses. Recently, a lot of those houses have turned up empty. So why not just take one?Starting in early 20 ... More >>
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December 14, 2010
Sworn Statements Provide Glimpse into Case Against Squatter Landlord Mark Guerette
Early this year, the Broward State Attorney's office sent Detective Joe Roubicek out to find families who had rented homes from Mark Guerette. The homes had been left empty and neglected by foreclosures, and Guerette didn't own them.Instead, he filed claims of "adverse possession," a form of squa ... More >>
Blogs
December 3, 2010
Fraud Case Ends With Probation for Rogue Foreclosure Landlord Mark Guerette
The Fergusons, happy former tenants of Guerette's.The State Attorney's Office has wrapped up its case against Mark Guerette, the guy written about in the New York Times and here on the Juice for his work leasing empty, foreclosed homes to families in need by way of an antiquated squatter's-rights ... More >>
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November 24, 2010
Housing Crisis Solved? North Lauderdale Family Lives in Foreclosed Home, Rent-Free
A year ago, Fabian and Jocelyn Ferguson found themselves with no place to live. Thanksgiving was a few days away and they needed a place to go with their two young children for the holidays. They, like many South Florida families, had lost their own home to foreclosure.So Jocelyn went to Pastor J ... More >>