![]() ![]() ![]() Furthermore, the situation involved seems to invite exploitation: a recently publicized lawsuit was filed by several orphaned children, whose foster parents used the show to get a huge new house and furnishings for their "big family".and then threw the kids out, and kept the place for themselves! Since no one bothers to revisit the other "winners", I would assume that similar greediness has affected many others. ![]() All of the families apparently already have homes of their own, and in many cases they seem incompetent to care for a small, simple house (some are living in squalor), so how can they possibly keep up a large ornate home? Anyone who owns a home knows that there is more to it than the mortgage payment - even a "free house" has maintenance costs and responsibilities. (NOTE: I have no idea how they get around the tax liability that this kind of several-hundred-thousand-dollar gift would normally entail.) Furthermore, this show is an appalling insult to the many millions of hardworking American homeowners who work hard and save to afford even modest homes. The premise takes down-and-out families, sends them on a luxury vacation for a week, while a huge team of workers rebuilds (or builds) them a house for FREE. Put me in the camp of those who detest this emotionally exploitative show which is all about greed. ![]()
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