{"id":426694,"date":"2026-05-01T09:18:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T09:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/426694\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T09:18:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T09:18:16","slug":"kendra-duggars-dad-says-family-has-lost-their-current-housing-situation-and-employment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/426694\/","title":{"rendered":"Kendra Duggar\u2019s Dad Says Family Has Lost Their \u2018Current Housing Situation and Employment\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kendra Duggar\u2019s dad, Paul Caldwell, gave an update on his family\u2019s housing situation amid Joseph Duggar<\/a>\u2019s ongoing legal issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust wanted to say a heartfelt thank [you] to all those who have sacrificed to help and encourage, the prayers and encouraging words have been most helpful to us,\u201d Caldwell said in a new message via his GoFundMe page<\/a> on Wednesday, April 29. \u201cThere have been a few unkind comments, but I believe those are mostly due to [a misunderstanding] of the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Caldwell reiterated that the money from the fundraiser was not \u201cgoing to help anyone who would harm children in any way.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are willing to stand for the protection of the weak and vulnerable in society, because of that stand we have been put in a situation that has [caused] the [loss] of our current housing situation and employment, having to relocate on such short notice has left us in a bit of [a] financial struggle,\u201d his message continued. \u201cWe also need to have some time to get some much needed counseling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kendra Duggar\u2019s Family Breaks Silence on Joseph Duggar\u2019s Arrest: \u2018Troubled and Heartbroken\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

Caldwell concluded his post expressing his gratitude for the \u201csupport\u201d that has been provided to his family.<\/p>\n

Us Weekly confirmed in March that Joseph was arrested in Arkansas following accusations of sexual abuse from a 14-year-old girl who claimed he molested her when she was 9. He has since pleaded not guilty to all charges, including lewd and lascivious behavior involving molestation of a victim less than 12 years old and lewd and lascivious behavior conducted by a person 18 years or older. Joseph was released from a Florida jail in late March after posting $600,000 bail.<\/p>\n

In addition to the molestation case, Joseph and Kendra, who share four kids, were both charged with four counts of endangering the welfare of a minor and four counts of false imprisonment. Kendra was arrested in March and released after posting bail. The endangerment charges are unrelated to the molestation allegations.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Kendra\u2019s parents launched a GoFundMe<\/a> after both Joseph and Kendra were arrested for separate crimes.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy family is facing a difficult and urgent situation. We are in need to cover displacement expenses,\u201d Caldwell wrote in the initial message on the GoFundMe. \u201cWe will not be using these funds for [our] legal expenses.\u201d<\/p>\n

Caldwell explained that the donations would be used for \u201cdisplacement fees\u201d including \u201cmoving expenses, housing costs\u201d and more.<\/p>\n

Since its creation, the fundraiser has earned more than 34,000 at the time of publication. Its goal is $35,000.<\/p>\n

Joseph Duggar\u2019s Wife Kendra Is \u2018Totally\u2019 on His Family\u2019s Side After Arrests: \u2018She\u2019s Brainwashed\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

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Amid the family\u2019s struggles, Christian influencer Amy Paul accused the Duggars of retaliating against the Caldwells<\/a> amid Joseph\u2019s ongoing case. Paul claimed last month that the Caldwells were being forced out of their home and that Joseph was trying to turn his wife against her parents. She also alleged that the Caldwells are the ones who reported Joseph to police over child molestation allegations.<\/p>\n

A source close to the families, however, later refuted Paul\u2019s framing of the situation, telling Us that the Duggars have been \u201cvery good to the Caldwells\u201d over the years.<\/p>\n

\u201c[The Caldwells] lived in a Duggar home rent free for years \u2014 years more than was offered, genuinely taking advantage of their kindness,\u201d the insider claimed. \u201cAfter this they moved into their current home Joe and Kendra built to flip. Yet they stayed rent free for two plus years all while Joe and Kendra urged them to move out. It was after being told to move out that all this happened.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kendra Duggar\u2019s dad, Paul Caldwell, gave an update on his family\u2019s housing situation amid Joseph Duggar\u2019s ongoing legal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,161212,163764,163762,163765,186552,282],"class_list":["post-426694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-joseph-duggar","tag-kendra","tag-kendra-duggar","tag-lewd-and-lascivious-behavior","tag-paul-caldwell","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}