An experiment doled out money to homeless people in Denver, no strings attached. Here’s what happened.

An experiment doled out money to homeless people in Denver, no strings attached. Here’s what happened.

Urban Peak case managers Gabriella Materon and Dara Amott, right, distribute outreach aid to an encampment of unhoused Denver residents under the Sixth Avenue Freeway on February 15, 2024, in Denver. (Andy Colwell, Special to The Colorado Sun) An experiment to pay people who were homeless in Denver with no limits on how they could spend the money led to twice as many people in stable housing, according to researchers who released their one-year report Tuesday.

More than 800 people were selected to participate in the Denver Basic Income Project while they were living on the streets, in shelters, on […]

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