I don't buy it. You see what you want to see. I just see the face of a man. He looks kind. Cunning? Vain? Please. Here's a man who refused to live in a palace. Good for him.
With respect... imagine if the POTUS decided to live in a hotel rather than the White House, consider the security nightmare, the logistics problems etc,. There were permanent residents of the domus martha who had to go find other accommodations. People lost their jobs and homes so the pope could live in the hotel rather than the papal apartments.
It's his decision to make, but prudentially it looks bad when you scratch the surface of it.