Helping family members can get complicated fast. Very fast. A casual offer made with the best intentions can mean something very different to the person on the other end, especially if there is some sense of entitlement involved in the people you’re trying to help.The woman behind this story was about to close on her first home with her husband when their plans took an unexpected turn. A few months earlier, she had offered her brother-in-law and his family a place to stay for two weeks if they needed somewhere to go between rentals.After discovering they had already broken their lease and assigned themselves rooms in the new house, she turned to Reddit for urgent advice and to find out if she was wrong to change her mind.Finding affordable housing has become harder for many people, creating new challenges around family supportkues1 / Magnific (not the actual photo)A young couple looked forward to their first home, as their relatives faced a dangerous rental and an uncertain place to staymagnific / Magnific (not the actual photo)LegReasonable4668lookstudio / Magnific (not the actual photo)