Can someone keep your stuff from you??

My husband and I recently became homeless and a friend offer us to stay in his back yard and we told him it would be temporary and would be moving come spring, and we have moved a few of our stuff.he has co-compliance on him because of us and we have moved two trucks and a trailer out, which was part of the problem and he says he is fine$280 which he doesn't have, they fine his but doesn't have yet, so can he legally take and keep our stuff????