I dont know about america as dont live there but in nz we never used to have homeless people. Everyone got state housing that needed it. But only in the last decade or so a huge gap has appeared between rich and poor, there are holiday houses sitting empty while theres people on the streets with none.
Before world war 2 EVERYONE was poor so there was not a big difference as everyone went through the depression. After world war 2 we had a pretty good welfare system. But after the baby boomers got all their priveliges, the next generations got nothing. And innherited all their debts.
I think the govt took over where the church was meant to step in, but then people started depending on the govt instead of the church. So not sure what went wrong there.
I think christian homeowners really need to think about being hospitable. If someone owns more than two homes, they really ought to think about why they need more than two. They cant be like secular greedy landlords that only use it for profit or their own nest eggs. Ive worked in places like that...they just dont care if one day people cant afford the payments, cos not everyone can always work....
I dont know about america as dont live there but in nz we never used to have homeless people. Everyone got state housing that needed it. But only in the last decade or so a huge gap has appeared between rich and poor, there are holiday houses sitting empty while theres people on the streets with none.
Not sure how NZ defines homelessness but it was evident in 1864 also.
In 1864 the Otago Daily Times complained that Dunedin had 'reproduced with faithful accuracy the wretched tenements, and filthy back slums of an English town'. 1 In the same year Auckland's Herald attacked 'those abominable nests of squalid filth, the rookeries of small houses in the back lanes and slums of the City'.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18640128.2.14
This article explains maybe what you are seeing.
The Government isnt sharing all the details as
National's housing spokesman Michael Woodhouse has call it a "smoke and mirrors" exercise to find the numbers to fit the Government's narrative, when the housing market is "flat to falling".
The report is understood to bring together figures across a number of areas including homelessness, the rental market, housing affordability - including the rising costs relative to wage increases - and housing supply nationwide.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11992371
Before world war 2 EVERYONE was poor so there was not a big difference as everyone went through the depression. After world war 2 we had a pretty good welfare system. But after the baby boomers got all their priveliges, the next generations got nothing. And innherited all their debts.
You say everyone but im sure there was classes to some degree. Even if everyone by your definition was poor there is always groups that are less poor.
Government welfare systems do just that. They work temporary and usually end in failure. And for those who want more welfare they usually have to increase the debt ceiling for a few more years or decades of a certain welfare system.
I think the govt took over where the church was meant to step in, but then people started depending on the govt instead of the church. So not sure what went wrong there.
What went wrong was exactly what you said. Government took over what wasn't Biblically ordained by God. Welfare type stuff was left up to the individual and church. Government is too easily prone to corruption and wasteful stewardship.
I think christian homeowners really need to think about being hospitable. If someone owns more than two homes, they really ought to think about why they need more than two. They cant be like secular greedy landlords that only use it for profit or their own nest eggs. Ive worked in places like that...they just dont care if one day people cant afford the payments, cos not everyone can always work....
Of course Christians should think about how to be good stewards with what God has given them. But it isnt the Government's role to force people to charity. The Landlord is running a business. What would happen if they let people constantly miss payments? This is why if Government was wise they would defend and promote religious freedom that also mirror the peace and good health of society. Because if Christianity is free to change the culture and the government isnt constantly attacking it, then you will get more loving charitable citizens.
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