{"id":21567,"date":"2023-07-27T09:00:48","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-537697-2997182.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=21567"},"modified":"2023-07-14T12:38:55","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T16:38:55","slug":"housing-homeless-people-helps-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress-537697-2997182.cloudwaysapps.com\/housing-homeless-people-helps-everyone\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing Homeless People Helps Everyone"},"content":{"rendered":"
Housing should be a human right, and poor people shouldn’t be allowed to die in poverty in a country with more than enough resources to go around. But it may bother you to think someone is getting something for free that you had to work all your life for without help from anyone. Don’t worry, because you also can get something for free!<\/span><\/p>\n As it turns out, housing unhoused people benefits everyone, whether you’re unhoused yourself or own your own home free and clear. Rich or poor, bleeding heart or King of the NIMBYs – everyone having access to safe, permanent housing benefits everyone!<\/span><\/p>\n Many parents have outlined their struggles with explaining the existence of homeless people to their children<\/a>. To a child who’s not yet familiar with the cruelties and politics of the adult world, it can be challenging to understand why they have a warm bed to sleep in every night while some of their classmates don’t.<\/span><\/p>\n The indifference and inaction of adults is another difficult pill for them to swallow once they become aware of this issue.<\/span><\/p>\n If everyone had a home, you wouldn’t have to explain why little Timmy can’t come and live with your family. You could avoid twisting yourself into knots to explain why the values of kindness, empathy, and sharing you’ve been teaching your child all their life don’t apply in this situation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThink of the Children<\/span><\/h3>\n