Study Shows Basic Income For Unhoused People Cuts Homelessness, Boosts Full-Time Employment

A social experiment in Denver found that monthly UBI stipends reduce homelessness payments and increase full-time employment. Sharon Reed and Rayyvana discuss on Indisputable. Tell us what you think in the comments below.

"It doesn't necessarily buy happiness, but both personal experience and academic research suggest that when people have more money, they're more likely to lead a pleasant life. That's the premise of a social experiment in Denver, where for the past few months several hundred of the city's most vulnerable people have been given cash with no strings attached.

The results, so far: Participants who were sleeping on the streets at the start of the experiment — now with more money in their pockets — said they were feeling safer, experiencing better mental health, and enjoying access to more stable and welcoming living arrangements."

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[mistahanansi]

You don’t even need a study to know that would work. Basic logic dictates that a UBI would not only reduce homelessness, but also stimulate the local economy and reduce crime.

[keithanderson]

Crazy when you actually help Americans it works!

[jamesabraham]

Defense budget this year is 800, 000, 000, 000 😢poor taxpayers 🎉

[brandontrammel]

Respectfully wtf is with these trolls and bots in the comment section hating and just saying bs. Jesus Christ it's ridiculous

[judith]

They found money immediate money for illegal migrants in hotels and apartments, along with money for food and expenses. Go figure that one out.
The new homeless is young families and the younger workforce.

[mycatsaliberal]

You mean if you pay someone’s rent they will not be homeless? Shocking

[michaelspence]

Heres a alternative. Dont make people homeless for trying to do things like pay medical bills.

[Novusod]

This wasn't a government safety net, it was private charity running a social experiment. Of course charity works better than government programs. May they have the resources to keep the experiment going.

[kw]

This just in, helping people actually helps people. Whodda thunk it? In other news, water is wet.

[MindEmancipationist]

#theisamerica they rather criminalize the poor than address the root cause of poverty! Remember it's social welfare for the rich and rugged capitalism for the rest.

The poor are exploited in our society. Poverty is not just a lack of income. It's a lack of quality education. It's also a lack of opportunity, a lack of security, and a lack of dignity.

While the U.S. champions liberty, justice and equality for all but the reality is that systemic issues, historical injustices, and policies have created and perpetuated poverty, leaving many individuals and communities marginalized and without access to equal opportunities, which why Poverty in the U.S. is by Design!

[Wordavee]

Wow! It's seems if you give someone a hand, they stand on their own two feet!!!

[dglorious]

They can't be on those dam drugs or else it ain't gonna work. All over this country there are homeless drug dens full of folks of all shades who don't want to work because that cuts into their get high time. Do they get jobs for them too?

[latishafranklin]

You ladies are so right 🤩it is cost effective and not only better for the underserved but for the community. I live in Stockton, CA and they implemented the Universal Income program. Now i don't know how it did but I can tell it probably mostly definitely made a difference in those families lives. You had to be picked from a Lottery to be fair quote unquote. I wish I could have been a part of that program. In 2014 i graduated with a BA in Sociology and then my health failed, i could not get Social Security Disability because they Jurassic Rules make it so you have to be half dead to get approved. I get it there are some people that receive disability that are fraudulent, but im not one of them you should hear evertime i go to a different doctor for a condition they sigh and say you have all that wrong and feel sorry for me but it never pays the bills. The social welfare system tell you to apply if you need help that why its there and why their employed. But then look down on you. But once you get a job they cut of your benefits before you get your first check and then your back to square one . Because you can't get ahead substantially ❤

[The.Adept.Chamber]

Universal Basic Income Dividend Payments to every Citizen.

[bovinityleak]

Said the haters.
I didnt even have to scroll thru the comments to know this before saying it.
Im amazing sure 😜
but and haters are simple and easy to predict.

[smaugwarriors]

Agree, but with the cost of locking up people for being unsheltered that have mental illness there needs to be accountability from stealing their monies. There was a practice that i heard of in some areas that ini frequent and during the winter those unsheltered with mental health problems would be put in jail and their and robbed but be sheltered

[thaddineswifteagle]

I doing a documentary on satiable living now.

[undramartin]

Soo, where's this money coming from? It's a good study and very good results.

[patrickbrooks-rsrt]

THERE ARE HOMELESS VETERANS SOME SAY NO MORE HANDOUT

[TeriDavis-vp]

Arizona needs to get on this bandwagon.