Shuster actually did buy a house there. I looked him up in the county’s online property tax records when this debacle started and saw that he had bought a house there pretty recently.

But I really doubt he ever lived there. He and wife have owned a massive, ultra luxurious house in Paulus Hook for a number of years.

He most likely bought the Saddlewood Court house as a legal bargaining chip he could use in his attempt to thwart a competing developer’s redevelopment plans.

A few years back, Shuster himself was in the process of buying out homeowners so he could redevelop the site. Then Lennar came in and outmaneuvered him and managed to get the city to award the redevelopment deal to Lennar instead of Shuster.

This story helps explain Shuster’s motivations.