The Harper family had their Extreme Home Makeover donated to them and they seemed to be on easy street. Here is what went wrong, it appears as if they over levered their home by taking out a second mortgage for a lot of money and the mortgage lender approved it.
While the Extreme Makeover show may have been able to help the Harper family before, looks like this time around they are on their own. This family is using the media to get attention and looking for someone to save them.
Has it become easy for even everyday people who get some celebrity style coverage to use the media for help? Certainly, looks like this family is playing off of the popularity from Extreme Home Makeover, to me.