Home for the Homeless

Yesterday in our English 4 class we watched a video called Home for the Homeless. Max Rameau is doing something illegal, he's taking foreclosed homes and putting families in them. Of course it isn't a permanent housing situation but long enough for a family to save up and get started on their future. I applaud Max Rameau for what he has done. I’m very impressed that he was able to come up with an idea that is so brilliant and I’m even more impressed that he was able to make the police back off (although I’m sure some of them are just doing that for image purposes). I do however understand where Ron Book is coming from. Ron Book disagrees with Max Rameau. He doesn't believe in breaking the law to give people homes. He wants to do things by the book (no pun intended). He doesn’t want to break the law but I fail to see why he doesn’t see that his method is much more time consuming versus Rameau’s method. By the time Book is able to provide shelter for a family in a shelter home, Rameau could’ve sheltered five families and three of them would probably be well on their way to getting an actual home. I do believe that in this kind of circumstance, breaking the law is good.
Is housing a human right?
Yes I believe that housing is a human right. Everyone deserves a roof over their heads no matter what. Even if the person is a drug addict or a gambler they are still deserving of a home.If prisoners have a roof over their heads, why can't a family or an individual who is working have a roof over their head too?

VIDEO:
http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/526/index.html

Website:
http://takebacktheland.org/






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