Reply To: Should A Pauper Be Thrown Out of Town?

I don’t know the Halacha well but I am having a hard time wrapping my head around what I am hearing. If a big chunk of tzedaka money can go to feeding 100 people and providing clothing, shabbos meals etc, is the money better spent paying one previously rich mans high mortgage? I don’t understand this. I don’t see what is wrong about someone having to down size their life. When I was in 5th grade we moved to a smAller house because the utilities were just too high as were properly taxes. We didn’t ask anyone to foot the bill.