This is not the reason for the house you’re talking about, but my grandmother’s old house has sat empty for years. When she had to go on Medicaid to continue paying for the nursing home she lived in due to Alzheimer’s, my parents sold her house and her land. A lady bought it for her daughter, but her daughter “can’t afford” to live there.
It breaks my heart, tbh. My parents live next door, and every time I go there, her house looks so sad.
Sorry for being a Debbie Downer. 😂