In the countryside and in the city.

Isaiah 5.8-10 

"Woe to you who buy all the houses"
and they seize the lands,
By driving out the former residents,
Installing "Do Not Enter" signs
Taking charge of the country and
leaving the population homeless and landless.
I heard, by chance, the Lord of Hosts of Angels say:
"These mansions will be empty."
These immense properties will become deserted.
A vineyard of ten acres will produce only one jug of wine.
"One barrel of seed will produce ten kilograms of wheat." 

On the road to transforming Brazil, the necessary measures must encompass both agrarian reform and urban reform. 

The country has suffered from acute land injustice since its inception: the so-called hereditary captaincies, where Portuguese people received immeasurable tracts of land in the country, were the measures chosen by the Portuguese crown to encourage the invasion and colonization of the country. 

Since then, the Brazilian nation has suffered the misfortune of seeing a large portion of its land assets in the hands of a few owners, not to mention that many of these owners achieved this position through violent and illegal means. 

Nothing in the country is as confusing and riddled with corruption as the issue of land ownership.

One of the underlying issues in this national challenge is the principle that, in Brazil, if someone has purchasing power, they can own as much land and housing as they want. 

As can be seen, the principle guiding the biblical text is contrary to this paradigm; that is, the text imposes limits, no one can have everything they want just because they can. 

The principle of scripture imposes limits on purchasing power. 

And that's the first pattern that needs to be tackled in the country; it's necessary to impose a limit on ownership, both on the number of properties and their size. 

In principle, the Bible is not sympathetic to the idea of ​​possession.   

And, without a doubt, it is completely opposed to accumulation and concentration, so that someone can be the sole inhabitant of the place, that is, the sole owner.

In other words, the Bible limits the possession of property because it questions the logic of private property; therefore, this purported right cannot be enjoyed at the expense of the right to housing, to which all human beings are entitled.

Therefore, in the Holy Scriptures, the right to housing is superior to the right to property. 

God's purpose is for everyone to have a home. 

In the words of Jesus Christ, this is reflected in his commentary on nakedness in Matthew 25:36 when Jesus said, "I was naked and you clothed me," meaning, you did not leave me exposed to my vulnerability. 

And what truly covers human beings in life within society is the enjoyment of the right to housing. 

Thus, a Christian society prioritizes the social function of urban property because it prioritizes housing. 

In the rural world, the Bible prioritizes food production because it prioritizes food security, which is only possible on small farms, especially since the Bible does not support large landholdings, as the prophet said. 

We, Christians in Brazil, must take a stand in favor of agrarian and urban reforms; our faith teaches us this.