After giving cash to 820 unhoused people, Denver Basic Income Project says the initiative is working

After giving cash to 820 unhoused people, Denver Basic Income Project says the initiative is working

DENVER — April Marie understands how one crisis can shift a stable and enjoyable life to one of fear and instability in an instant. After experiencing violence, Marie went from a house and comfort in Castle Rock to a crowded homeless shelter in North Denver, where she received a thin pillow and a scraggly blanket. She said the situation felt “what I can only imagine prison feels like.”

“My world was shattered and permanently altered,” Marie said. “I found no equivalent aid in my efforts to progress and grow.”

Marie was randomly selected as one of 820 people receiving money from […]

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