Reply #2: I always wondered, what's to stop them from selling the houses right away for a big profit?

[AnArmyVeteran]

Do the families have to keep their new houses for a period of time or can they put them up for sale as soon as the EM crew leaves? And anyone notice how the mansions they build are in average, to even poor neighborhoods? These new houses would make the entire neighborhood look like a dump. And the property values would lead to huge tax bills and force most of the families out.

I like that they help people, but they could help a lot more people if they just built small, regular houses instead of those gaudy monstrosities that I'm sure look out of place in the neighborhoods. And how would you like to be their next door neighbor in a falling down shack while your neighbor has a mansion?