ABC 7 Chicago reporter Samantha Chatman says a Chicago condo owner thought she had finally caught a break because Illinois’ new “squatter law” went into effect on January 1.
Instead, the homeowner says she walked straight into a nightmare: an alleged squatter refusing to leave, a claimed lease that doesn’t make sense to the owner, and police telling her the situation isn’t as simple as the new law made it sound.
Chatman reports this all centers on Mary Welch, who says she has owned a condo unit in a Chatham building for more than a decade and has been renovating it with plans to rent it out or sell it…