Inner City Housing and the Role of the Church in Housing Development Four Case Studies in South African Cities

The problem of housing, in the world's large cities, is appalling. It's our first duty to realize it. Many of the comfortably housed have never even been through the slum quarters of their city. We must speak out, for public opinion is a powerful weapon, and each of us helps to create it. There are many organizations that need our active help, or, at the very least, our support. If we love our brothers, we shall always find a way, wherever we are, to do something for them. Suppose a brother or a sister is in rags with not enough food for the day, and one ofyou says, Good luck to you, keep yourselves warm, and have plenty to eat, but does nothing to supply their bodily needs, what is the good of that? (James 2, 15-16). Lord, I can't sleep; I have got up out of bed to pray. It is night outside, and the wind blows and the rain falls, And the lights of the city, signs of the living, pierce the darkness. They bother me, Lord, these lights- why are you showing them tome