SOOSZ YOU.
WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS
ILLEGAL.
SHE KNOWS I'M HERE.
SHE DOESN'T WANT NEW THIS
HOUSE.
HOME HELD HOSTAGE NEW OWNER
FRUSTRATED AND DPRAN
PARTICULAR.
I TRIED TO WORK THINGS OUT
WITH HER AND DIDN'T WORK.
REALLY IS A PROBLEM THAT
LEAVES TOO MANY HOMEOWNER
FEELING HELPLESS AND ANGRY.
SOMEBODY STOLE YOUR HOME.
HOMEOWNER HAVING THE HOMES
TAKEN OVER BY PEOPLE THAT DON'T
HAVE A LEASE.
THEY DON'T PAY RENT AND NO
INTENTION OF PAYING RENT.
TURNS OUT GETTING RID OF ONE IS
TOUGHER THAN YOU MAY THINK.
TONIGHT HELP ME HANK
INVESTIGATES.
WHEN I RECEIVE THE CALL FOR
HELP FROM KAREN MORGAN SHE WAS
FAST.
THE WOMAN REFUSED TO LEAVE.
THAT IS UNTIL WE GOT INVOLVED.
HERE'S THE DOCUMENT.
THIS IS NOT YOUR PROPERTY.
ARE YOU GOING TO GET OUT OF
THIS HOUSE.
AT FIRST SHE TRIED TO HIDE.
HERE ARE THE DOCUMENTS.
THIS IS NOT YOUR HOME.
THEN THE WOMAN POLICE CALL
SQUATTER RETURNED TO TELL HER
STORY.
COME UP SEE HOW THIS ALL
PLAYS OUT.
AND SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENED WHEN
DETROIT POLICE ARRIVED HERE ON
SCENE.
RIGHT NOW MEET KAREN MORGAN.
I DECIDED TO BUY A HOME.
A HOME CAME UP IN MY OLD
NEIGHBORHOOD.
MY CHILDHOOD NEIGHBOR.
KAREN PURCHASED THE DETROIT
HOME LAST YEAR.
HOME WENT UP AND HER BID WON.
UNEXPECTED SURPRISE INSIDE.
I GOT I WAS EXCITED.
AND FOUND OUT SOME ONE WAS
STAYING 30. THAT'S RIGHT.
KAREN DISCOVERED THIS WOMAN WAS
LIVING IN HER HOME.
I HAVEN'T TALKED TO HER.
SHE BOUGHT THE HOUSE.
Reporter: MISS B HAD MADE
HERSELF AT HOME IN KAREN'S
HOME.
AND ACCORDING TO KAREN MISS B
REFUSED TO LEAVE.
I NEED MY HOUSE FOR MYSELF.
SHE WAS OH, OKAY WELL SHE ACT
LIKE SHE WAS GOING TO MOVE AND
THAT JUST NEVER HAPPENED.
Reporter: EVEN THOUGH KAREN
SAYS SHE SHOWED THE DEED AND
THREATENED LEGAL ACTION MISS B
STAYED PUT.
SO I THINK GOING ROUND AND
ROUND TRYING TO BE NICE AT THE
SAME TIME AND GET HER TO GET
OUT OF MY HOUSE BUT SHE'S
LITERALLY REVVING.
THIS WOMAN WHO KAREN SAYS
NEVER PAID RENT.
NEVER SIGNED A LEASE AND WHO
DOES NOT OWN THE HOME IS NOT
BEING FORCED OUT BY THE COUNTY
TO MOVE.
ONCE YOU TAKE OVER OWNERSHIP
IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO
DEAL WITH THE SQUATTER AND HAVE
THEM REMOVED.
WE EXPLAIN THAT THE PROPERTY
IS SOLD AS IS IF SOMEBODY IS
OCCUPYING THE PROPERTY THEN
IT'S THE OBLIGATION OF THE
BUYER TO ADDRESS THE OCCUPANT.
Reporter: WAYNE COUNTY
DEPUTY TREASURER ERIC KNOWS THE
SQUATTER ISSUE IS A BIG ONE.
SOME WHO PURCHASE HOMES THROUGH
THE AUCTION ARE LEFT TO DEAL
WITH THE PERSON INSIDE.
SOME INDIVIDUALS SAY IF I
DON'T KEEP MY PROPERTY THE
TREASURER FORECLOSE ON MY
PROPERTY.
IF I CAN'T LIVE HERE NOBODY CAN
LIVE HERE.
Reporter: THOSE DEALING WITH
THE SQUATTER HAVE A FEW OPT
THE SQUATTER HAVE A FEW
OPTIONS.
LEGAL ACTION.
WHICH COULD TAKE AWHILE.
OR INTERVENTION BY POLICE.
I LIKE HER KNOW WHEN I TRACKED
HER DOWN THAT WAS THE NEXT S
HER DOWN THAT WAS THE NEXT
STEP.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE
SOMEWHERE TO GO.
I HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GO.
SO IF YOU HAVE SOMEWHERE TO
GO YOU HAVE TO LEAVE THE HOUSE
THAT IS NOT IVRMENTS I KNOW
THAT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT.
Reporter: BUT SOON THE BIG
EXCUSES STARTED.
WHEN THE LADY CALL ME SAID
MY FURNITURE READY I'M GONE.
LADY WHO SUPPOSE TO BROUGHT THE
PROPERTY NEVER SHOW ME ANY
PROPER PAPERWORK.
Reporter: YOU KNOW YOU DON'T
ON IT.
SHE CAME AND TOLD ME SHE
DOES.
SHE HADN'T TOLD ME PAPERWORK.
Reporter: HOURS LATER
DETROIT POLICE WERE CALLED AND
ARRIVED THAT DAY.
I WANT THEM OUT OF MY HOUSE
LIKE RIGHT NOW.
Reporter: MOVING TRUCK
ARRIVED AND SOON THE WOMAN MADE
KAREN'S HOME HER HOUSE WAS G
KAREN'S HOME HER HOUSE WAS
GONE.
I'M TOO HAPPY RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN A LONG
JOURNEY.
NOW SHE CAN FUNNYALLY START
THE WORK TO TRANS FORM THE
HOUSE.
HOUSE IN HER OLD
NEIGHBORHOOD.
ONE THAT SHE HOPES TO RENT TO
FAMILY WHO IS ABLE TO CALL THIS
PROPERTY HOME.
HELP ME HANK HAD NOT BEEN
INVOLVED NO SHE WOULD NOT HAVE
MANUFACTURED OUT.
SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN BUYING HER
TIME AS SHE HAS BEEN DOING FOR
THE PAST COUPLE MOST.
UNFORTUNATELY THIS HAPPENS
ALMOST EVERY DAY IN WAYNE
COUNTY.
NEW HOMEOWNER THEY HAVE OPTIONS
TO TRY TO GET THE PERSON LIVING
IN THE HOME OUT.
WE PUT ALL THE INFORMATION YOU
NEED TO KNOW ON THE HELP ME