Remember "Juan Mann", the dude with the 'FREE HUGS' sign who appeared in the Sick Puppies' YouTube clip and then became a Global Phenomenon™?

Well, we'll forgive you if you don't, but this particular cock-eyed optimist's fortunes have taken a turn for the worse as his latest stunt - a sort of reversed variation on that "one red paperclip" scheme, to throw open his house as a free house of love and support - has seen him set to be evicted.

Will the Sick Puppies make an affecting YouTube clip about the day the repo men (preferably one wearing a t-shirt that says "Don't Fuck With Mr Zero", like in When Harry Met Sally) come and turf him out, his mandala wall-hangings and Dave Matthews Band DVDs with him?

The star of the Free Hugs Campaign video, which has been played more than 20 million times on YouTube, posted an invitation to his home on the internet last month.

"We still have this constant fear that strangers are dangerous and that putting your address online means people are going to come to your house and trash the place," Mann said when NEWS.com.au visited his home.

Last night Mann sent an online appeal for help after allegedly receiving a message from his landlord which described the open-house project as a "security risk".

Mann's email read:

"I am in trouble and I need your help. I am facing the threat of eviction.

"My landlord found out (about the project) and sent me some mail as well. Inviting guests into my home is considered a security risk to the building and causing or permitting a nuisance to the neighbours."

Mann used the email to launch his "Free Home Campaign" and asked readers to help him find somewhere to live.

Ha! So Mr Free Hugs does want something in return - a free bloody house! The nerve of the bloke!

Anyway, we've come away with this with one pressing question: who'll give the free hugs man a free hug?

There's a James Taylor song in there somewhere.