When you are sick, what does the doctor suggest you do? Go home. Get plenty of rest. Take your medicine. Drink lots of water.
In the circles of work with people who don’t have shelter or housing, we name lots of reasons that it’s needed but often don’t start with having a place to be- a place to be so that our spirit and body can be rested so that we can live to work or be in relationship another day.
2020 has shown us more than ever the value of home and why just the possession of housing is the most primary healthcare we can hold.