She is really taking advantage of things...

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I live in a very small town. There are 100 - 150 people who live here and we're all out in the country (15 - 20 mins to the nearest store). So when something major happens here, everybody knows about it. Well, one of our neighbors who has lived here probably her whole life (she's almost 30 now) was living with my Aunt. My Aunt turned her garage into an apartment. It was a really nice apartment, brand new carpet / flooring, wallpaper / paint... everything. So this neighbor (her name is Jessica) lived in my Aunt's apartment for a few years with no problems or complaints. She could come and go as she pleased, she could have pets and friends over and she also had her daughter living there. Her daughter is now 3 years old. They were only charged $350 a month which included utilities and she could use my Aunt's internet for free. Anyway, Jessica tried killing herself for the third time so her family put her in a mental institution. She was only there for 3 days (one weekend) and then she was back at home. My Aunt had asked her about paying rent on time and Jessica became very irrate, yelling at my Aunt and cussing her out. She said she had no plans to ever pay that month's rent because she had missed a few days of work. My Aunt told her that as long as she paid her rent, she could stay but if she wasn't going to pay rent she would have to move out. So... Jessica never paid the rent and told my Aunt she was moving out. She moved into a house down the street that her mother owns. Her family lived there for years while she was in elementary school and high school then they moved into another house. So this house has been standing there empty for I don't know how long. It was practically run-down because the family didn't do any upkeep on it other than mowing the grass. Jessica and her daughter moved in there knowing that the house was full of mold and really wasn't fit to live in. Not long after they moved in (within 5 months or less), their house caught on fire due to what she says was a faulty dryer. They weren't home when it happened and it was in the middle of the night. What was their dryer doing on in the middle of the night when they weren't home?? Now, the family has created a Facebook page and a website asking people to donate anything and everything to this girl and her daughter! She has a very good paying job (she works at Blue Cross with my Aunt) and she goes out to the bar almost every weekend. She rarely has her daughter. I went to check out the website and she is asking for everything you could possibly imagine that someone would need for a home. Keep in mind, the house is still standing. Only one room of the house was completely affected by the fire and from the outside, you can't tell there was ever a fire at all. She wants everything brand new on top of that! Someone is even paying for them to stay in a hotel until their house is remodeled but no one will give the name of who is paying for the hotel. Yet they've mentioned names of everyone who has donated other things or made cash donations. And a local company is going to remodel the whole entire house for free yet the family is still asking people to donate building materials when the company supplies everything for them. I just think this family is taking advantage of everyone. I can understand they may need some help with the remodeling and bigger things, but they are even asking for cooking spices and food. The woman has a full-time job! It just irks me because I've known these people for several years and I know how they are.