No, citizens are not legelly required to house soldiers, but many do anyway as a sign of respect
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citizens cannot be forced to house soldier (no quartering of soldiers)
Ships carrying food and other goods were prevented from arriving; town meetings were banned; and citizens were forced to house British soldiers. source: history textbook !!
The quartering Act required colonial assemblies to house and pay British soldiers.
Third amendment states that the government may not force a property owner to house soldiers (or anyone, for that matter), and if the property owner WILLINGLY houses soldiers, that the government will compensate them.
People like George Washington were elected to the House.