love your neighbor as yourself

i was driving through a neighborhood i work in today and found myself sad in many ways. in front of me was a solid three blocks of row housing, all connected (the picture above doesn't do justice to what my eyes saw). behind it in an alleyway was another set, and across the street was yet another 3-block set. at this point, all of them are boarded up, unused. as you can imagine, it is probably for the best they are not inhabited anymore. at some point these were very low income housing for numerous souls. it's sad for me to not only see that there was at one point such a need for them, but also to know there is such a need for them now. i am constantly looking for places that are low income for my clients to snatch up. if there was a way to renovate these row houses, they would fill up in a minute. i dont care that it's one of the worst neighborhoods in pittsburgh. I have a case load of people who just want a roof over their head, simple living quarters, and something that doesn't take all their income. people have lots of views/opinions as to why a homeless person is homeless, but what really matters is helping them get it back. we have got to set aside our predispositions and just help. it is a sad and lonely world when we forget about our neighbors, our poor.