The ABC home-building reality TV show builds a home for five orphans who are later evicted by the family who took them in.
On Easter Sunday 2005, ABC's Extreme Makeover Home Edition aired an especially poignant episode. Five children, ages 14-21, from the Higgins family were orphaned. A couple from their church, with three children of their own, took them in. The result was 10 people living in cramped quarters.…
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176 - mike
well, first off the children living in the home were taken in out of charity. and in no way should the family that took them in be punished when they decide to stop being charitible. yeah its very wrong and grossly horrible that they did kick them out but where the children doing something illegal such as selling drugs or doing them. where they bringing home people of the opposite sex and sleeping with them. maybe the family wanted to kick out the oldest but him not thinking about whats best for my siblings but instead they need to be with me. i would ultimatly bet that they did something that the other family couldnt take or wanted to risk. but as far as abc giving compensation no! why should they. they already gave them enough. and the owner family couldnt in any way be in trouble for retaining their property and they have the right to do and choose what they wish with it (its part of american freedom) yeah its horrible what happened but they need to think of that time honored phrase DONT TRUST ANYONE. and made sure that they took care of it.
177 - WILLIAM P. LAVERRY
hell is very hot
178 - lb
you are right william,hell is very hot. these people will burn in hell for what they have done.
179 - Scott
I think that it sucks for everyone in this circumstance. Well not for the family that took in the Higgins in the first place, cause they are just a disgrace. I don't think that the companies involved in improving the home should be sued. I think if the Higgins simply submitted a new application to ABC for Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, about their original misfortune as well as what happened with being kicked out of their new home, then they will likely receive a new home of their own from ABC. Personally, I think that this is a circumstance well worth a new home for this show. I think that would be the best thing to do for everyone. For the family who took them in, they are terrible for doing what they did, but it seems that nothing could happen to them. As for ABC and the companies involved in the show, I think their best interest would be to help this family directly and all would be good.
180 - PaulInCANADA
I think this is pathetic and totally disgusting. A family used the kids and ABC to scam a new home. I am also surprised that ABC didn't lay fraud charges against them. As it is a form of mis representation and illegal. ABC shuold sue the parents for return of the home and if they see fit give it to the Higgins' who tryluy deserve it.
181 - lb
I am with you Paula. Give the house to the Higgins and the family who kicked them out should be jailed!
182 - Munky, Glendale CA
I know it's been quite sometime ago that the last comment was written about this situation with the Higgins family, but made the decision to leave my own comment based on some of the comments left by others.
First off... What does religion have to due with anything regarding this situation? The only religious aspect of this whole ordeal is the that both families went to the same church. The fact is that kindness should be for the sake of good and not because some religious figure/teachings says to be good or else--that totally negates the point of being good (most people just don't get that fact)... It is the misunderstanding of what it is to be a Christian (or any other religious/spiritual background) that cause so many problems. The problem lies in both those within and outside of religion and spirituality, so do not think you are above it.
Now, some other individual wrote a comment expressing how they believe the possible lawsuit is frivolous. The reason for the Higgins family's being kicked out is a question I too would like to know the answer too. However, unless the Higgins family were responsible for something that caused a substantial loss to "the home owners", why shouldn't the Higgins family be entitled to monetary compensation? Isn't the reason "the home owners" benefited from ABC and Home Makeover due to the Higgins and "home owners" SHARING a struggle? ABC, the producers of Home Makers and its affiliates made money from this show by telling of the struggle of the Higgins family and the home owners. At what point did ABC and/or Home Makeover place a disclaimer, indicating that the story, as they (Home Makeover/ABC) were telling it (since it is pre-recorded and edited), was no longer the true circumstances which the Higgins found themselves to be in (in reality the Higgins family were now in a worse position then when ABC/Home Makeover intervened)????
ABC is at fault for portraying the family in a light that was not reality. The Higgins family signed a contract allowing ABC to show that they (ABC and participating companies in the production of this particular episode of Home Makeover) helped to better the lives of the Higgins family. However, in reality, whether intentional or not, ABC and those participating companies unknowingly put the Higgins family into a worse situation than the one they found themselves in before the Home Makeover intervention. Just because there was no intent has no bearing as to whether or not ABC (and, if any, affiliates) is responsible for the situation the Higgins family is now in. I'm not saying that ABC is responsible, what I am saying is that this is for the courts to decide and is therefore NOT FRIVOLOUS. The person saying that this is frivolous really needs to learn the definition of the word.
As for those saying the home owners need to be kicked out, you don't know the circumstances and should really reserve judgment until all details of the case have been laid out in court... You may be right, but why not wait until you have something that proves you to be correct in your assessment? I for one wish to know the truth, regardless if it justifies what it is that I feel.