Why are there homeless people living on the streets of your city? They are there because they want to be there, right? Your government provides enough housing, enough help.
Although there are people living on the streets because they want to ‘drop out’ of society, a significant number are actually there because of addiction, mental illness, domestic abuse, and a lack of governement support.
I read two interesting articles about this today. The first highlights how easy it is to become homeless, the second reports that homelessness in the UK has risen by 26 percent in the last four years, with a lack of affordable housing being one of the principal reasons for the rise.
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jun/25/how-i-became-homeless-cant-happen-to-you-think-again
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jun/25/homelessness-crisis-england-perfect-storm
As a Christian, the response is simple:
the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me. Matthew 25 v 34-36.
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