"Granger, there’s some things I haven’t told you. We’re not really staying here because we want to, but because we all have limited options as far as housing is concerned. I’m not sure if you know, but as part of our probation, the four of us must live in the country while we finish out our education. In addition, you know that my family had to pay substantial reparations to the Ministry, and Malfoy Manor is in their possession until they see fit to release it back to me. Pansy’s father gave everything their family had to the Dark Lord. He sold their home, drained their accounts, everything, she has nothing, and Blaise’s mother did something similar. She wasn’t interested in following Voldemort, but there was a lot of pressure from the old families for her to join the cause, so she sold their home and donated the proceeds, before hightailing it out of the country back to Italy with her latest husband. Blaise had the opportunity to go, but with my task, I wasn’t in a great place, and he didn’t want to leave me. Didn't help that husband number eight was a prick, either."