When someone offers to let you stay in their home, that is a very nice thing for them to do. That does not give you the right to ruin that person's life.
Let me explain how being a guest works. You thank the person for allowing you in. You clarify in advance how long you are staying. You say please and thank you and offer to buy groceries or buy your host dinner. You clean up after yourself. And then, when your stay is over, you leave.
Easy right? You'd like to think so. That's how a person who is not an asshole behaves as a guest. Assholes come and go at all hours, make messes, eat all the food, and refuse to leave at the appropriate time. Huge assholes call the police when asked to vacate or act like being a mooching jackass gives them a legal right to stay forever and force the poor schmuck who was just being nice to get a court order to make them leave. Don't be that person. If you don't have anywhere else to go, that is not the fault of the nice person who gave you a place to stay. It might be your fault, though, if you treat everyone that way. Being not an asshole will give you more options for places to go. Try it.
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