I disagree.
Although the poor will always be with us there is no biblical injunction that says “Do not work.” As a matter of fact, the bible clearly states that one must work to eat. In this consequence-absent culture we have cobbled together with high minimum wages, horribly exploitive (of business) employment laws and liablility sharks, a culture that is entitled.
Read the last two chapters of Murry and Hernstein’s The Bell Curve to discover what a bad and what a good outcome look like.
The bible also clearly calls Christians to care for the poor and likens a rich man’s chance of getting into heaven as likely as getting though the head of a needle. Christ served others and called upon us to do the same. I think public housing should be used to house people who don’t make that much money-working or not. Affordable housing is a tough issue for the poor.