If you have the means, being a Good Samaritan and helping people out is generally something you should do. Doing a good deed and helping people should be something more of us engage in regularly. Being kind should have nothing but good repercussions, but sometimes, those good deeds do come back to bite you in the butt. Kandie Sherman, a woman living in Vassar, Michigan, has spent the last few months living out a nightmare.
She allowed the family of one of her daughter’s friends to park their school bus on her property and live there. Sherman told the family they could put their school bus on her land in October 2025, she shared with WNEM in February 2026. She had no idea it would turn into months of trying to get them to leave and lead to her sleeping outside in her car.
“I’m feeling frustrated, helpless, and angry,” she admitted to the outlet. “I was generous enough to allow a family to park their bus in my property because they said they were self-sustainable.”
Sherman said the family planned to leave “within six weeks.” Now, “they refuse to leave,” WNEM reported.
The woman decided to use legal means to remove them from her property, but that blew up in her face. In an attempt to get them to leave, Sherman filed an eviction notice. Instead of leaving, however, they decided to file a personal protection order, or PPO.
The PPO means that Sherman can’t get into her own home. The family made a bunch of allegations against her, including that she was stalking them. But the PPO doesn’t just cover their school bus; it also covers the area around Sherman’s home. She told WNEM that she’s been sleeping in her car ever since.
WNEM reached out to the family to get their side of the story. The man living on the bus claimed Sherman had given them written permission to keep their bus parked on her property.
Sherman isn’t the only one who is trying to get them to leave, however. Neighbors have been complaining to the City of Vassar in an attempt to remove the bus.
Ben Guile, interim city manager and police chief, also spoke with WNEM, saying the people living on the bus were violating two city ordinances: people occupying and living in a commercial vehicle, and having a commercial vehicle parked in a residential zone.
According to Guile, the family had “mechanical issues” with the bus, so they couldn’t move. They allegedly were working out a timeline to get the bus off of Sherman’s property. He made it clear, however, that she couldn’t just tell them to leave.
“Preliminary information is that they’ve established some sort of residency there by being there for a certain amount of time, receiving their mail there, things along that nature,” Guile said. “And when somebody does that, they can gain residency rights. And that makes it more difficult to remove someone. It’s no longer ‘get off my property,’ it’s an eviction process.”
On March 2, Sherman was one step closer to getting her home back. Guile shared an update with WNEM, saying that after media coverage, “a local church has stepped forward to assist. The church has arranged for a diesel mechanic to donate his time and expertise to get the bus running again. They have also ordered the necessary parts to complete the repairs, which are expected to be finished today or tomorrow.”
Once repairs are finished, “the bus and family will be moving on and intend to return home to reconnect with family members,” Guile added. “The bus has been relocated to another site within the city where the repairs are being carried out. This relocation will allow the homeowner to regain full access to their property.”
