I’m learning about the effectiveness of rapid rehousing. It relies heavily on relationships with human landlords. We’re screwed, aren’t we?

I also suspect it’s threatening our self-image—both because we don’t want to admit that we don’t want to help and because it signals a vulnerability that we thought we paid a premium to avoid. Lord give us tender hearts and a strong confidence to love our neighbors as ourselves.

Homelessness is on the rise in my little suburb an hour west of Chicago and the community seems annoyed and offended at the way it’s affecting the ease and convenience with which we move through daily life. 1/2