The house Deon Derrico bought in 2015 had four bedrooms, three bathrooms and about 2,400 square feet — and 16 people living in it. That math never worked — and the next decade is the story of a family outgrowing one address after another: Detroit to Las Vegas, a TV-famous house lost to the bank, a bigger house, and finally two households where there used to be one.
Here is the move, year by year — and the question still hanging over it: where do the Derricos live now?
2002–2015: Detroit Roots, Then a One-Way Ticket West
Deon grew up around 6 Mile and Greenfield in Detroit. Karen grew up in Kingstree, South Carolina. They met at a Detroit nightclub in 2002; Deon worked in real estate, buying and renovating houses. According to reports, six of his Michigan properties went into foreclosure over the years.
By the time the family numbered 14 kids, Detroit was behind them. They settled in North Las Vegas, and in 2015 Deon bought the four-bedroom, three-bathroom house that would become the family’s TV home.
2015–2021: The House That Became a TV Set — Then Went to the Bank
The 2015 house did heroic work. Four bedrooms for 14 kids meant the theater room became a nursery, and GG moved in to help. When Doubling Down With the Derricos premiered on TLC on August 11, 2020, that house was the show.
But the house was already in trouble: in March 2020, Deon filed for foreclosure mediation, a month after the 2015 home went into default, according to court papers. The auction came on September 1, 2021 — no sale — and on September 10, 2021, the bank bought the house for $441,842.06, the amount of the unpaid debt. According to reports at the time, the family was still living there.
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2022–2024: South Carolina Dreams, a $419K Reset — and a Divorce
With the house gone to the bank, Karen pushed for a different move: South Carolina, near her mother in Kingstree, where the family already had a Myrtle Beach vacation home, a birthday gift from Deon. GG was against it, and Deon called it a hard sell — taking city people into the country.
The compromise was a bigger Vegas house: in May 2023, Deon took possession of a $419,000 Las Vegas property after Karen pleaded for a larger place for the family and GG, according to reports. It lasted about a year. On June 4, 2024, the couple filed for divorce; it was finalized two days later, ending a 19-year marriage. Season 5, which aired in 2024, became the last TLC season.
2025–2026: Two Households, One Address Question
Since the divorce, the Derricos’ address book has split in two. In November 2025, Deon revealed he was driving a school bus while Karen substitute-taught. Then June 2026 turned the split into a court case: Karen was arrested in Las Vegas on June 18, on charges including harassment, aggravated stalking and violating a restraining order. The charges are allegations — she pleaded not guilty on June 23 and is presumed innocent.
The house story kept moving, too: according to reports, the Las Vegas home went to auction in September 2026 with no bids reported, and October court papers reported by TMZ said 12 of the 14 kids now live with Deon, while Darian, now 21, has moved out. The family that once needed 2,400 square feet for 16 people now lives in the split into two households.
Deon has said the cameras are already rolling for a new season — “next year,” he reportedly said — but there is still no title, no network and no date, despite his promise of all new television going back to August 2025. A new address is not the same thing as a new start.
For now, Thanksgiving remains the one date that still pulls the whole scattered family toward the same table.
That is the real ending of the Detroit-to-Vegas story: the move worked, the house didn’t, the bigger house came too late — and Deon has bet on Las Vegas twice. If the comeback cameras roll there, should the show’s next chapter be filmed in a house Karen helped make a home, or has this ten-year move already written her out of the address? And if you had to pick one place for all 14 kids to grow up — Vegas, South Carolina, or back in Detroit — where would you put them?
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