I don't understand this.

I don't understand why ABC thought this family would be able to afford the mortgage on this home. Their mortgage "almost doubled"?!?! I guess I was naive and thought when the show built these homes they were paying for them and not sticking the family with the bill? It seems really irresponsible (in my opinon) to build these houses and then walk away from the struggling family that resides there. I'm sure if the family could afford to double their house payment they would have obtained a home improvement loan and made the improvements on their own.

Deaf 'Extreme Makeover' couple gets financial aid
Mon Dec 15, 6:01 AM PST

Several thousand dollars have rolled in for a deaf Michigan couple who feared they were going to lose the home whose renovation was viewed by millions on TV in 2004.

Judy and Larry Vardon say the money should help them avoid foreclosure on the Oakland County home that was refurbished to better accommodate their blind, autistic son. The family was featured on "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition."

The Macomb Daily and The Daily Tribune reported Sunday that the couple didn't request money, but donations started coming after media outlets this month reported on their plight.

The Vardons said they were weighed down by a mortgage payment that almost doubled since the makeover, and by medical insurance that hasn't covered autism treatment for 16-year-old son Lance.

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