Comfort should be treated as a human right.
By which I mean everyone should have the right to warm and clean accommodation, sufficient sustenance, and an environment which is pleasant to live in. Those who seek to actively deny anyone these fundamental comforts, whether for the sake of money or by discrimination, is denying what should be basic human rights.

Also appropriate required healthcare and social help, focussed on improving their quality of life rather than maintaining their place in the workforce.

The whole reason we built societies was for mutual aid, so that those with more can help those with less. If a society fails at this basic level, then what is it good for?

Despite what some people think, nature is not all about competition. Nature is about assistance. From the bacteria in your stomach helping you digest your food, to the tall trees which nurture entire forests, to the birds cleaning the teeth of large animals which could easily eat them, to all the people who volunteer their time to help those in need.

Life helps life to keep going. That applies to people too. One of the main reasons we're here is to help others be here.