“I never thought they would ask us to move out,” Amporn, who rents her home for 496 baht ($16) a month, about 240 times less than leases for luxury flats on the same street, said last month in her two-story home, where pictures of King Bhumibol Adulyadej adorn the walls. “If we have to move it will be trouble as houses now are very expensive. I don’t know how much compensation they would give but it won’t be enough to buy a new house.”