A Mom Let Her Daughter’s Friends Live in a School Bus on Her Property. Now They Won’t Leave and She’s Sleeping in Her Car

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• A mother from Vassar, Michigan, told CBS affiliate WNEM that her daughter’s friends let her family live in a school bus on her property.

• The deal was made for six weeks in October but Kandie Sherman claims the family won’t be leaving

• Sherman tried to evacuate them, but the family also filed a personal protection order against him, preventing him from coming near the bus and leaving him little choice but to sleep in his car.

A Michigan mother who allowed the family of one of her daughter’s friends to stay in a school bus parked on her property no longer has access to her home.

Kandie Sherman of Vassar, Michigan, told the CBS affiliate. WNEM He said the family let him live in a parked car next to his house for six weeks in October.

However, according to the news source, it was claimed that the individuals still did not leave and even issued a personal protection order against the mother who tried to evacuate them. This means Sherman has to stay away from the bus and therefore his home.

“I feel frustrated, helpless and angry,” Sherman told WNEM. “I was generous enough to let a family park their bus on my property because they said they could be self-sufficient. They were supposed to leave in six weeks, but they refuse to leave.”

PEOPLE reached out to the Tuscola County Sheriff’s Office and the City of Vassar but did not immediately receive a response.

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After Sherman served an eviction notice on the family, they obtained a Personal Protection Order (PPO) was obtained and reviewed by PEOPLE and claimed the homeowner was stalking them.

Sherman told WNEM that he now has to sleep in his car until the legal process is completed.

WNEM reported that one of the bus occupants said Sherman had given permission in writing for them to stay.

According to the news, Sherman’s neighbors also complained to the City of Vassar about the bus.

Police chief and interim city manager Ben Guile told a Bay City, Michigan, station that the occupants of the bus violated two city ordinances by parking a commercial vehicle in a residential area, in addition to living in a commercial vehicle.

“Apparently they are having some mechanical issues and are unable to move at the moment,” Guile told the press. “So we’re talking to them to get a timeline for removing the bus.”

“The preliminary information is that they have established a kind of residence there by staying there for a certain period of time, collecting their mail, doing things like that,” the chief continued, and continued: “When someone does this, they can gain the right to reside there. This makes it even more difficult to remove someone from office. “This is no longer a ‘get off my property,’ it is an eviction process.”

Guile added that both parties need to “be adults” and “come up with a plan that pleases everyone.”

“It may not be on the timeline you want, but if we can give the people on the bus the time they need to make the repairs to move out, we can meet the city’s need to remove the bus, meet the need for property owners to no longer have buses on their property,” Guile explained.

Sherman also told WNEM that removing the bus “would feel so great.”

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