I'm wondering if he has a bigger house elsewhere he was renting out. Even if they get him to pay back the $42k, that's still only around $14k of rent a year.

I'm wondering if he has a bigger house elsewhere he was renting out. Even if they get him to pay back the $42k, that's still only around $14k of rent a year. And he's not going to be paying rent while he's in jail.