BobKamman
Level 15

Because it had bad feng shui, perhaps?  But that was foreseeable. 

The question is whether "You couldn’t have reasonably anticipated the situation when you bought the home."  I have a friend whose townhouse is very near another where a convicted felon with a warrant out for his arrest on another charge just moved in.  It was purchased by the guy's mother, so it's not a case of an undesirable tenant who might have to move soon.  My friend has already filed for an order of protection because of incidents that have happened involving this neighbor.  I would call that the kind of situation where the shorter occupancy rule would apply.  In other words, it's a "facts and circumstances" case.