I live in a part of the world where just about everyone is pro-immigration but anti-property development. We are very keen that Australia welcomes lots of new people, especially vulnerable people – but less keen it seems to house any of them near us.
I take it that those of us who follow Jesus will be with our culture on the first part, but distinct on the second. We will delight that our nation has been blessed with wealth to share, and can become home for those that have none. But we won’t stop there, we will notice that Sydney is expensive to live in, and that there is a shortage of housing, and so will gladly welcome new housing for new people.
Oh, and we won’t resent the profits the developer makes, will we? Because that would be envy. And besides, developers are doing a social good, and their profits are in proportion to their risks – risks we probably wouldn’t be willing to make.
