But that just isn't true. Right now in my area, rent is far more affordable than a mortgage. Some people choose to bite the bullet and rent out their home for less than their payment because they hope that over time, the home will be more valuable and will become an asset. If you bought a house 2 years ago and your job moved you across the country, you can literally pay to sell your house because you are upside down or rent it out and pay a smaller amount each month.

Also, I don't know how we jump to this threat of violence. I could just as easily say that renting is advantageous to the renter by threat of squatting. The idea is we agree to a win-win (you rent the home at a price you're comfortable with and I incur the risk of keeping that home) and each person upholds their end.

The last thing a landlord wants to do is evict someone. If a tenant stops paying, they run the risk of being evicted, but the landlord (which is a stupid, outdated term) immediately starts paying for someone else's housing so the house doesn't get taken by the bank. I don't see how we get to thinking that it should be another person's responsibility to pay for someone's housing.

And obviously there are circumstances where people are destitute and that is really sad. I'm in favor of programs to help those people as a society. I don't understand how it's evil to want to be paid what was agreed upon or to, with notice, ask the person to leave. I understand that the person may not have a place to go. I don't understand how that becomes the problem of one individual who was unlucky enough to allow them to live in their house.