The husband is a pretty emotional person, he kept saying that all the memories of his kids are in that house, and he would not be able to sell the place!!

It is often too difficult emotionally or mentally exhausting to give up their previous home.

Time is running out Wife and 3 Children LIVE in the home and want to CONTINUE to live in the home as the Children are entering or in High School(a painful time to have to move or relocate for all) - YES lots of emotions all around involved.

My theory is it's much easier, emotionally, to walk away from a rental than it is to sell your home (home owners are more likely in for the long haul).

If they inherited the home, there are likely emotional bonds they have with the property. 

@Jordan StenholmMy wife and I interviewed himhttps://juliaandgino.com/the-psychology-and-emotions-of-mone...

Don’t make decisions based on emotions, make decisions based on numbers only.

This is why people don't like renting to friends/family because its human nature to mix emotion into the decision making and that makes dealing with managing the investment messy when things go sideways.

He feels emotionally attached to people who have had to hustle for a few years working a crappy job and building up credit because that is what he did.

Thats the goal of your overly emotional response is to get people to back down and force admins/moderators or whatever to stop opposing view points thus silencing them.