Is housing a privilege?

I think everyone should be able to have a roof over their heads and food in their belly. Unfortunatey this isnt the way it is. We spend so much money in other countries for the war and other things but we have so many problems that need solved here at home. We are losing jobs to other countries every day. We have more and more working poor families that barely make the ends meet. So many people have no health insurance. The gap between the rich and the poor is getting wider all the time. Soon there will be no middle class Americans. I say we bring home our troops and stop sending our money all around the world and start taking of our own .When every man woman and child have a bed and a full tummy then help others not before.

The need to "lay their head at night", is indeed the most basic human right. No corrupt politician or system can take away a man's right to a roof. Instead the coward politicians take away a man's money. It's the same thing only our so called leaders don't have to get their hands dirty. As someone who has gone through the experience of displacement, I have no illusions about our government. I live in Delaware, and my apartment complex was up for sale. When we first met our so called community "leaders", they told us we had 4 years to prepare for the move. 6 months later, the time went down to 18 months. Both of the pivotal politicians must have been in someone else's back pocket. Certainly wasn't mine. By the end, the government only helped 1/4 of the people who desparately needed help. The developer chased us out almost a year ago. Now the complex sits empty and overgrown. Our politicians got 7 million in "blood money" and now they wont return our calls. They walked away and raised my property tax for my new home 17%. There is nowhere for people in Delaware to go. Only 36% of our state can afford the $60,000 downpayment for the median price of a home. That is the 36% that our government cares about. The rest of us dont get a thing, although we are good citizens and PAY OUR TAXES! The only question is why we let them.

I live in a little basement apartment... nothing too spectacular, but it's a roof over my head. I can't afford a house right now, or even condo, but I do have shelter. I think shelter is a right, and privilage depends on the kind of shelter one seeks.