Beautiful and true expression of religious humanism. On these grounds, the arguments offered here are convincing, and they compel action. In fact, they compel action even if the causal arguments about homelessness are not as convincing, even if it turns out that people will have ways of falling into poverty and homelessness and suffering that we will not always foresee and cannot always control. 

I would add to the remedies, though, a school system that is not so absolutely focused on college and professional training. Young people do not really learn the same things at the same time in the same way, even though our industrial education system says they should. We need vocational and trades training and a new honoring of people who do skillful physical labor. We need education and work for everyone.

Finally, I am not sure that this religious humanism any longer has a ground or place of honor in our schools and colleges. It is more often a target of skeptical criticism.