The old adage says if you give a man a fish then he’ll eat for a day but if you TEACH a man to fish he can eat for a lifetime. The show “Extreme Makeover: Home Addition” is learning that lesson the hard way. It seems that one of the families it built a home for is about to lose that same house to foreclosure.
I’m all for helping out families in need. Shows like ‘Clean Sweep’ and ‘Clean House’ come in and help people get their homes in beautiful condition. But these shows also try to help people deal with the issues that got them in the position in the first place.
In defense of the ‘Extreme Makeover: Home Addition’ people, many of the homeowners that they help have gotten into the situation through no fault of their own. But if you pour a mansion style home, with new appliances and new toys, into a home that had none of that it is trouble waiting to happen.
Hopefully the show will begin to provide financial counseling to the families (instead of just suggesting it) and maybe even make it a part of the show since so many other families are facing tough financial times these days.