Help Me Hank confronts squatter

SOOSZ YOU. WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS ILLEGAL. SHE KNOWS I'M HERE. SHE DOESN'T WANT THIS NEW HOUSE. HOUSE HELD HOSTAGE FRUSTRATED NEW OWNER AND PARTICULAR DPRAN. I tried to fix things with her and it didn't work. IT REALLY IS A PROBLEM THAT IT LEAVES MANY OWNERS FEEL HELPLESS AND ANGRY. SOMEONE ROBBED YOUR HOUSE. THE OWNER HAS THE HOMES TAKEN BY PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE A LEASE. THEY DO NOT PAY RENT AND THEY HAVE NO INTENTION TO PAY RENT. IT TURNS OUT THAT GETTING RID OF ONE IS HARDER THAN YOU THINK. TONIGHT HELP ME HANK INVESTIGATE.

WHEN I RECEIVED THE CALL FOR HELP FROM KAREN MORGAN SHE WAS FAST. THE WOMAN REFUSED TO LEAVE. That was until we got involved. HERE IS THE DOCUMENT. THIS IS NOT HER PROPERTY. ARE YOU GOING TO LEAVE THIS HOUSE? AT FIRST HE TRIED TO HIDE. HERE ARE THE DOCUMENTS. THIS IS NOT YOUR HOUSE. THEN THE POLICE WOMAN CALLED OCCUPARY RETURNED TO TELL HER STORY OF HER. COME SEE HOW THIS ALL DEVELOPS. AND SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE DETROIT POLICE ARRIVED HERE ON THE SCENE. RIGHT NOW MEET KAREN MORGAN. I DECIDED TO BUY A HOUSE. A HOUSE CAME UP IN MY OLD NEIGHBORHOOD.

MY CHILDHOOD NEIGHBOR. KAREN BOUGHT THE HOUSE IN DETROIT LAST YEAR. THE HOUSE RAISED AND THEIR BID WON. UNEXPECTED SURPRISE INSIDE. I HAVE TO BE EXCITED. AND I FOUND OUT THAT SOMEONE WAS 30. THAT'S WHAT IT IS. KAREN FOUND OUT THAT THIS WOMAN LIVED IN HER HOUSE. I HAVE NOT TALKED TO HER. SHE BOUGHT THE HOUSE. Reporter: MISS B HAD FELT AT HOME IN KAREN'S HOUSE. AND ACCORDING TO KAREN, MISS B REFUSED TO LEAVE. I NEED MY HOUSE FOR MYSELF. SHE WAS OH, WELL, WELL, SHE ACTED LIKE SHE WAS GOING TO MOVE AND THAT NEVER HAPPENED. Reporter: EVEN THOUGH KAREN SAYS SHE SHOWED THE WRITING AND THREATENED LEGAL ACTION, MISS B STAYED.

So I think I'm going around and around trying to be nice at the same time and get him to leave my house, but he's literally speeding up. THIS WOMAN SAYING KAREN NEVER PAID RENT. NEVER SIGNED A LEASE AND WHOEVER DOES NOT OWN THE HOUSE WILL NOT BE FORCED BY THE COUNTY TO MOVE. ONCE YOU ASSUME OWNERSHIP IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO DEAL WITH THE OCCUPIER AND HAVE IT REMOVED. WE EXPLAIN THAT THE PROPERTY IS SOLD AS IS IF SOMEONE IS OCCUPIING THE PROPERTY THEN IT IS THE BUYER'S OBLIGATION TO ADDRESS THE OCCUPANT. Reporter: WAYNE COUNTY DEPUTY TREASURER ERIC KNOWS THE SQUITTERS PROBLEM IS BIG.

SOME WHO BUY HOUSES THROUGH AUCTION MUST DEAL WITH THE PERSON INSIDE. SOME PEOPLE SAY IF I DON'T KEEP MY PROPERTY, THE TREASURER WILL FORECOSE MY PROPERTY. IF I CAN'T LIVE HERE NO ONE CAN LIVE HERE. Reporter: THOSE DEALING WITH THE OCCUPIED HAVE SOME OPTIONS. EMPLOYEES HAVE SOME OPTIONS. LEGAL ACTION. WHICH COULD TAKE A WHILE. OR POLICE INTERVENTION. I LIKE THAT I KNOW WHEN I FOLLOWED HER WHAT WAS THE NEXT ONE WHAT WAS THE NEXT STEP. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A PLACE TO GO. I HAVE WHERE TO GO. SO IF YOU HAVE WHERE TO GO YOU HAVE TO LEAVE THE HOUSE WHICH IS NOT IVRMENTS, I KNOW.

I UNDERSTAND THAT. Reporter: BUT SOON THE BIG EXCUSES STARTED. WHEN THE LADY CALLED ME, SHE TOLD ME MY FURNITURE READY, I LEFT. THE LADY WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO BRING THE PROPERTY NEVER SHOWED ME ANY PROPER DOCUMENTATION. Reporter: YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT IN IT. SHE CAME AND TOLD ME YES. SHE HAD NOT TOLD ME THE MATS. Reporter: HOURS LATER THE DETROIT POLICE WAS CALLED AND THEY ARRIVED THAT DAY. I WANT THEM OUT OF MY HOUSE LIKE NOW. Reporter: THE MOVING TRUCK ARRIVED AND SOON THE WOMAN MADE KAREN'S HOUSE HER HOUSE WAS G KAREN'S HOUSE HER HOUSE WAS GONE.

I AM VERY HAPPY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A LONG JOURNEY. NOW THE WORK TO TRANSFORM THE HOUSE CAN BEGIN WITH FUN. HOUSE IN ITS OLD NEIGHBORHOOD. ONE WHO HOPES TO RENT TO A FAMILY THAT CAN CALL THIS PROPERTY HOME. HELP ME HANK HAD NOT BEEN INVOLVED NO, SHE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN MADE. SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN BUYING HIS TIME FROM HER LIKE MOST OF THE LAST COUPLE HAVE BEEN DOING. UNFORTUNATELY THIS HAPPENS ALMOST EVERY DAY IN WAYNE COUNTY. THE NEW OWNER HAS OPTIONS TO TRY TO REMOVE THE PERSON LIVING IN THE HOUSE. WE PUT ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW IN HELP ME