hankster; I think a group situation would be really good for him. He has lived in rented spaces with other people before, and I know he does better when there are other people around, it gives him more impetus to take care of things and obviously keeps him from being isolated. I think it would be a lot healthier for him to find something like that. With his obsession with me, I can't possibly do that for him. It would be healthier for him, not just me, if he were out of this situation. But trying to ask him how he would feel about doing that might seem like rejecting him even further. I guess it can only be for the best, though. I don't think living in a basement is good for him right now either, or the cat. The relative darkness down there is probably not helping the situation, and the cat claws the walls to get to the window so he can see outside.

LynnP, Rapunzel; I do wish the landlord would be a bit more hands-on in this whole thing. He doesn't like him being here either, but he's inexperienced with this and not very professional about it. I'm also trying really hard to not get involved with what happens between them, because they have gotten into fights before that I've had to mediate. It's not fun at all.

SolutionIsProcess; "gone like a fart in the wind", that made me LOL

Thanks, everyone.