The family in the home took over it in March when it was on the market for sale. Records show the company that owns the home called the police two other times before Thursday's visit.
A home in northwest Houston that was put up for sale is the site of an investigation where squatters have settled in.Action 13 was first told about the house on Majestic Oaks two days ago. On Thursday afternoon, Houston police officers were at the home when ABC13 drove up to the neighborhood. We saw police spending more than an hour at the location, talking to the people living at the home.
Neighbors say the squatters waived what looked like a lease to the officers months ago, a now familiar routine Action 13 has seen many times. "We're trying to sell our house, reducing our value, and I believe it caused our first offer to fall through," Becky Larabee said. "So it's having a real negative impact on us."
When Eyewitness News knocked on the door, nobody wanted to talk, though people peeked through the window a number of times. Later in the afternoon, a man dropped off food to the squatters - the mother sent two teenage children out to pick up the food, watching from inside the house.
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