Article may cause a stir, so to avoid a flame war here is the last line in the article.

She was not formally charged for living in the space, police said

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Dammit I wanted to see pictures of the space

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Aren’t we all?

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Keurig should get her an Apartment for a year just for the PR they would gain.

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Seems like Family Fare should do that, it’s good PR for the entire chain. They did donate $10k to a local shelter though.

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According to the article she was told about the available assistance in that area and refused. Didn’t say why.

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Contractors really had to report it? Seems like she was living there without disturbing anything /one

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Let’s not blame the contractors for a societal problem.

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That and there’s the whole liability issue if something happens and it’s found out they were completely aware someone was living there.

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Right, if the contractors looked the other way, I would support that, but I also understand why they didn’t or couldn’t. I would also bet that the roof sign lady, who didn’t have any visible means to climb onto the roof while living there for a year, probably had a number of reasonable people look the other way.

What is appalling is that the working poor cannot afford housing. What is sad is that our society could provide for everyone, but we choose not to. Because profit above all.

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It’s free real estate

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I bet the landowner was furious they hadn’t got an opportunity to charge rent. It even came with a kitchen and study!

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That’s $1,500/mo easy!

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