I have personally provided room and board to people I knew who were “down on their luck”. I had to coach them all to get jobs or better jobs and eventually start collecting rent until it forced them to get their own place long after they could afford it.
The temptation to live off of others is quite seductive. I know first hand how the “hammock” instead of a “safety net” works. It takes individuals who really care about the unfortunate to drive them to competency. When government workers whose job depends on a steady flow of the “unfortunate” are managing the job, they encourage others to remain incompetent at managing their own lives.
As my Late Mother used to say, “you help People who CAN’T help themselves, not People who WON’T help themselves”.
She was talking about Charity, not Government.