[danielweber]

How does she afford to live there now?

If you want to live some place forever, buy the property. Buying and renting each have risks. Buying risks that you will lose your initial capital, but you get to live there. Renting risks that you might have to leave the property, but the landlord absorbs the risks of the property value declining.

We can't really have effective policy if someone experiencing some kind of risk vetoes it.