Do you know why they refused to pay it? Only $100. not like that gonna make them go broke.
An extra $100/month would be a fairly serious matter for me.
But, that’s sort of beside the point — no, of course I don’t know why they refused to pay. I don’t even know (and the article does not state) what the $100 “occupancy fee” is really for. Are these people squatters on public property?