Neighbor Wants To Turn His Home Into A Boarding House For Pregnant Young Women, But His Neighbors Strongly Object
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It’s one thing when you live in a neighborhood where every house has a family of some sort living in it. It’s another thing when there’s one house in the neighborhood where a lot of people live there for a short period of time and then move out.
In this story, one neighborhood is about to change because of one man’s decision to open his home up as a boarding house. He has already warned the neighbors and moved the first boarder in.
The neighbors are concerned, not just for their own safety but also for the safety of the people who move into the neighbor’s house.
Keep reading for all the details.
My neighbor wants to save the world and drag the neighborhood down with him
My older, single, male neighbor informed my husband and I that he is turning his home into a boarding house for at-risk pregnant young women and young moms.
His behavior and beliefs are unsettlingly strange.
This plan is creepy and dangerous to potential residents and the neighborhood.
There’s already a young pregnant woman living there.
We learned of his plan two weeks ago when he asked us to watch out for suspicious behavior around the property, including drug use, and said that we may need to take defensive measures for our own protection.
Then he got defensive, aggravated, and started acting like we were out to get him when we told him we don’t support his plans and said we were concerned about safety.
Last week he started moving people in that he met through local breadline volunteering.
She’s not alone, thank goodness. Her boyfriend is with her.
So far so good.
So far it’s been quiet, they are friendly and seem to be safe, But our neighbor says he has more pregnant women planning to move in when the house is ready.
Right now the house is barely habitable because it’s been neglected for years and he’s a hoarder.
He has no tenant agreements, background checks, or accountability. It’s just him and his conscious running this.
She doesn’t trust her neighbor.
I don’t trust him to do the right thing by potential tenants, I don’t trust that he’ll avoid hosting potentially dangerous people (since he straight up told us to watch out), and I’m confident that he doesn’t have the right insurance, contracts, etc… for this endeavor.
A few neighbors and I are trying to learn more and fight this.
He’s gotten defensive, the local alderwoman and city aren’t responsive, and we’re just not sure how to put together plans B, C, and D if plan A (city zoning steps in) doesn’t work.
I’m a little confused why he would think this would be a good idea and why anyone would agree to move into his house.
Let’s see what Reddit recommends.
This is a good question and suggestion.
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Here’s another good idea.
Another person gives two suggestions.
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Here’s a list of people to call.
It sounds like the neighbors have some calls to make!
Hopefully, someone they call can get this boarding house shut down. It sounds equally sketchy and unsafe for the neighbors and the potential boarders.
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