Denver experimented with giving people $1,000 a month. It reduced homelessness and increased full-time employment, a study found.
Denver experimented with giving people $1,000 a month. It reduced homelessness and increased full-time employment, a study found.
UBI, or universal basic income, is a form of direct cash assistance to help the most vulnerable get back on their feet. A new study in Denver suggests it works.
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CAN YOU IMAGINE? HAVING A BASIC INCOME CAUSED PEOPLE TO GET HOUSING?????
I bought a peanut butter and crack sammich
Landlords wet dream, they can double the rate on their shithole without functional utilities because 'the market can support it'
You say that like landlords aren't going to do it anyway. This argument is predicated on the idea that rates would not go up otherwise, and that's certainly not true.