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Squatters 'agent' moves homeless into abandoned properties in US city

A squatters 'agent' is helping homeless people in the US move into foreclosed properties that have been abandoned by owners who can no longer pay their mortgages.

Max Rameau isn't like any other real estate agent in Miami where he is based. He doesn't wear a suit, is unshaven, drives an old car and takes no payment. He also breaks into the properties that he is showing.

He has formed a group called Take Back the Land which he says helps homeless people move into foreclosed homes.

'We're matching homeless people with people-less homes,' he said. 'I think everyone deserves a home.' He claims to have helped six families move into foreclosed property and he has more on his waiting list. One was a 39 year old single mother who had been sleeping in a shelter with her toddler.

Rameau claims he is actually helping the owners who have abandoned their property as someone moving in prevents thieves breaking in. 'Some properties have been stripped. They steal the furniture, even fittings, copper pipes, wiring the lot. Then the drug dealers move in,' he explained.

Across the US homeless people are squatting in empty homes. But they tend to move in at night when no one is watching. But Rameau is quite open about what he does. He breaks in and shows them round just like a regular real estate agent.

...full story here from Property Wire