Home Ownership versus Rented Houses: Moral Results, by Rev. John Morrison, Toronto, 1900.

Home Ownership versus Rented Houses: Moral Results, by Rev. John Morrison, Toronto, 1900.

Author: John Morrison

Year: 1900

Home Ownership versus Rented Houses: Moral Results , by Rev. John Morrison, Toronto, 1900. Excerpts : A careful study reveals the fact that physical, moral and social evils bear the closest relation to bad housing, which is the all too common lot of those who are residents of rented houses and not home owners. The housing of the working-classes is the pulsebeat of national life. The best preparation for life's duties and struggles is to be found in a good home. Elevate the husband and father from the rent-payer to a householder, and you clothe him with independence, enterprise, public spirit, and civic pride. Every multiplication of home owners advances civilization and strengthens the state. A man's own home is his castle which he will guard with watchful eye. The proper housing of the people and the prevention of overcrowding constitute a religious question. The housing problem belongs to social economics, not to philanthropy. There can be no broad solution short of housing the masses in such a manner that health, morality, sound family life, and social stability may be secured; and home ownership alone can do it. In conclusion, we say it is essentially the function of the Christ