A $5 million house next to LeBron James sits occupied by squatters doing drugs and throwing parties. Christian Osgood, a landlord with Section 8 properties, asks whether wealthy homeowners owe free housing to squatters, and shares the backlash he gets online for evicting them.
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Next door to LeBron, $5 million house. Some squatters have moved in, they're doing drugs, they're having massive parties. He's beefed up his security. However, I get a lot of feedback on my channel, well, landlords are all rich. If you own a place, the homeless should be able to just move in. It's a house that's listed for sale. This is a homeowner who is trying to sell their home. They are probably very rich. They live next to LeBron. They probably have another home somewhere because they're selling this one. Do they owe it to the people who are breaking into their house and ruining their stuff to provide housing? My vote is no. We've got a lot of feedback to the contrary though. Does being wealthy and owning stuff mean that you have to pay for everyone else's stuff? Take me for example. I provide low-income housing to a lot of people who work with Section 8, so the government pays it, but I get squatters all the time in my buildings, and I get a lot of hate online for actually going through evictions and dealing with squatters. Should people be able to break in and live for free? Let me know in the comments.