Joe Rogan calls out NYC’s ‘bananas’ squatter policies

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Joe Rogan went on a tangent about New York City’s squatter policy — which essentially protects squatters and leaves homeowners high and dry.

On Saturday’s Joe Rogan Experience podcast, he and guests Dave Attell and Ian Fidance spoke about how cities like NYC are “basically allowing people to steal other people’s homes.”

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They made mention of Queens homeowner Adele Andaloro, who was arrested after she changed her own locks in an attempt to kick out squatters.

Under New York law, squatters are considered “tenants” if they have “lived” in a residence for 30 days.

Fidance added: “If you get mail sent to the place in your name, it’s yours,” to which Rogan replied, “That is bananas.”

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Fidance added squatters have taken over more than 1,000 homes in Atlanta.

“A thousand is crazy,” Rogan replied.

He added: “That means they know how to do it, and they know the loophole — and you need to tighten that loophole up, you f***heads,” he said, apparently referring to woke politicians.

Fidance concurred: “People are so smart, they know how to jack the system,” to which Rogan responded, “100%. Especially criminals and fraudsters.”

Rogan continued: “They know that you have to pay them to get out, and that’s what a lot [of] homeowners do. Then the problem is then another person’s just going to jump in.”

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Fidance noted the lengthy and expensive eviction process, as they have to hire a lawyer and take squatters to court.

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Rogan recalled one squatter who cobbled together a fake lease, used it to falsify documents to get utilities put under his name, which forced the actual homeowner to take him to court.

“It could be months and months before you even get a trial,” Rogan said.

“It’s so crazy that in the name of protecting tenants — which is important, you don’t want a s****y landlord, you want to protect tenants — but in the name of protecting tenants, you’re basically allowing people to steal people’s houses.”

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