Desperate Living: Life In a Storage Unit

This probably happens more than we think.

http://community.stretcher.com/forums/t/30909.aspx

Here are some storage managers talking about this phenomenon.

http://www.selfstoragetalk.com/day-day-management/6431-what-do-i-do-when-i-discover-someone-living-their-unit.html

The "homeless" are candidates for moving in to empty storage units.

http://www.khq.com/story/10392143/homeless-are-found-living-in-kennewick-storage-units?clienttype=printable

back in 2007 or so we went to a morning auction and walked past someone in their unit doorway wearing a bathrobe and brushing his teeth

See it a lot, but probably the most elaborate was a Public Storage unit in downtown Seattle that the guy had set up with a full queen size bed set up, a rope across to hang up all his clothes, a tv/vcr set up, a dresser with more clothes, an extra pair of shoes next to the bed, a throw rug, a night stand with light, and he even had a large plastic plant to make it homey!  It was on like the third or fourth floor of an all inside building, and he would get in every night before they locked up.   Alas, poor fellow got arrested and didn't pay his bill, so some LUCKY bidder got to buy his crap!