I think it's just an illusion. The rest of the year, these yuck yucks just leave the place in shambles with dilapidated exteriors and we just think, "what a bunch of scumbags, get some friend*n paint and a couple of screws you POS."
At Halloween, they go to the Dollar Tree and buy some S*ty ghost or boo thing and wah la...with the S*ty looking exterior and busted porch and boo thing, it's now a haunted house.
No, hood rat, it's just your S*ty hoarding house that it has always been. The only difference is your stupid cat can now S* on the porch instead of on the kitchen countertop, make it look more scary and realistic.