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So happy to hear that.

Yep. If I won an absurd amount of money I’d buy my family a house and help others do the same. Then some of it I’d spend trying to destroy the lives of the assholes who made housing so expensive.

Me too. I'd pay off mortgages, fix basements, pay for roofing, school stuff for kids, car repairs, new car, ect.

Edit: I'd start bank rolling non-profits that are trying to unfuck all the lobbying that's been done.

Sounds like a plan

Same.

I'm not sure the extent of it

But habitat for humanity has a side business doing repairs to help people stay in their homes

And some cities have special loan programs for sewer connections or roof repairs

I mean the uplifting news would be we fixed the system that makes it so that people coming into a huge financial gain aren't having to focus on using it for basic necessities like a place to exist on this earth in............

I mean good for them and theirs but this news highlights to problem it isn't uplifting to know "yay A FEW people don't have to worry about where they will live FOR NOW"

Hopefully they squirrel enough away or into investments that will pay all the property tax and things and the family actually gets to keep the houses for their whole I've maybe even multiple generations. That's best case scenario.

From what I’ve read some places they don’t recommend winners to give huge money to people/family/friends but instead buy smaller gifts etc when they bring lottery counselors over to the winners to talk and guide them in what to invest it in or to handle the sudden life changing moment.

I’m presuming it’s because it’s a bit dangerous in case someone might go as far as kidnapping you or something or some other dangerous thing to get closer to the winners money maybe? Isn’t it a bit of a dangerous move by the winners here ?