House had a homeless guy living in it for 5 years, no water, electricity. $200k sold price with some contributions towards closing and a very fancy washer/dryer.  

They lose their voucher and a lot are basically homeless.

They will pull metal plumbing out of the house, snapping the pipe where it happens to snap, but often cracking it elsewhere.The main water and sewer lines may or may not be there or working.The houses are often not winterized, or are winterized after they sat through a winter so plumbing can be a mess.The homeless squatters do leave their bedbugs, roaches and drug needles, baggies.If they are active in the area, they will return for the 'stuff'. 

Once possession is awarded, it is much more likely the tenant will be able to get financial assistance from charities and social organizations that help people avoid homelessness.

We end up donating a lot of things to charities that provide shelter for homeless people or transition programs for people moving from a shelter to their own place.

Walk over and talk to them say " Hey guys I have a problem , I have a group that wants to rent the house and use it as a homeless shelter / halfway house for  men getting out of prison , they offered to pay me double my rent , I am torn with this choice or renting it out as a regular house , I checked with the city and its ok with them .

I had to get a state approved lead based paint abatement contractor just to paint the steps.In a more extreme case, a LL in the town where we lived hired a homeless person to scrape the paint on the outside of a house.

Just because someone loses their house doesn’t mean they are going to become homeless.

I'm sorry but the word extortion has no correlation to homeless people living and destroying my home for free.

@Mark HolencikI really loved the last line in your response.....I was homeless when I bought the proeprty...bahahah I LOVE that.