Landlord, tenant advocates criticize crackdown on squatters

May 1—CONCORD — Activists representing tenants and landlords roundly criticized a proposal to make it easier to remove people illegally squatting on someone else's private property. House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee Chairman Terry Roy, R-Deerfield, said he is determined to work on changes to his proposal to "get it right," but he said the problem of squatting in New Hampshire is real and must be addressed. "This is something our constituents are asking for," Roy said during the second hearing in two weeks on the topic. "I ask...