Linda Jiang told ABC13 she is grateful she has her home back but hopes officials do something to protect homeowners after being told there wasn't anything to be done.
It was determined that the lease that the woman claimed to signed was fraudulent, prompting police to notify them of immediate removail from the homeOn March 23, Linda Jiang said she was locked out of the house she owned on South Braeswood. Trespassers who had lived there for almost a month had changed the locks. Giang wasn't sure what to do, so she contacted ABC13."Thanks for coming out here to do the story.
However, public records obtained by ABC13 show Holmes-Bey has lived in Texas for decades. She has been involved in numerous civil and criminal proceedings in Bell, Travis, and Fort Bend counties. A woman with her name has had three eviction records in Fort Bend County since 2019.Veteran eviction attorney Brian Cweren says these situations have increased in recent years.
"We're seeing a rise in this kind of fraudulent document, people breaking into nice homes, trying to squat there. We're seeing a rise," he said. "I've been doing it for 25 years. I can't say I've seen as much as years past." The situation took a turn over the weekend when Houston police detectives determined the lease Holmes-Bey produced was fraudulent and told her she had until Monday to get out or face trespassing charges."It was very frustrating, having to deal with this, but now I'm happy she's gone, and I'm hoping legislators will do something and change the law and protect homeowners rather than the squatters," Jiang said.
For now, though, Jiang and her husband took the home off the rental market. She says she will add security and post "No Trespassing" signs on the property. She is also considering selling the house and not being a landlord for a while.
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