Denver experimented with giving people $1,000 a month. It reduced homelessness and increased full-time employment, a study found.
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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.
  • lastinsaneman@lemmy.wtf
    15·
    1 year ago

    We really need to push for the feds to step in and start constructing government housing against the will of the NIMBYs and local and state governments then.

    • VentraSqwal@links.dartboard.socialEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      California has finally started forcing local governments to build more housing to stop the NIMBYs bit it's still going to take so many years for housing to catch up even if they start now.