Not having to worry about lodging while you are adapting to the Quarantine could be helpful, and then the familiarity keeps them.

[he picks up two of something that looks vaguely healthy and drops it in his basket.]

The rooms are small, but I would not classify it as a shithole. [he's stayed in worse!] It's good to know there are other options, but I am fine to stay there for now. What kind of place are you living in then?