Would you rent a unit to a homeless organization?

[Beau Fannon]

Would you rent a unit to a homeless organization?  What are your fears about doing so?  Are there any advantages?  I found myself pondering these questions after reading the following article:

https://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2019/03/real-estate-group-hears-tough-talk-from-homeless-advocates/

[JD Martin]

Just one of my houses? No way. The article talks about buildings that aren't going to be used, so let the advocacy center use them in the meantime. I can see pros and cons to it. From a building owner point of view, I wouldn't do it unless there were financial advantages, because I can envision a whole list of cons:

• court injunctions preventing you from emptying the building to do something with it
• lawsuits by the advocacy and others because of [insert issue here]
• insurance considerations
• general lack of oversight and lawlessness
• ETC

If I owned a building, the only way I would do this is if the building was junk anyway, some third party was leasing it from me, and I was legally absolved of any responsibility whatsoever in the operation. Personally, I think it sounds too complicated.