Dear Dave,
About a year ago, my husband and I offered an empty house we own to a young man at our church, who had lost his home and everything he owned in a fire. He has taken good care of the place but has made no effort to pay rent. We don’t need the money, because we’re in good shape financially, and we were thinking about selling the other house, anyway. I’d like to simply write it off and gift the home and title to this young man, but my husband feels he owes us something for putting a roof over his head all this time. What are your thoughts?
