Denver to give direct payments to most vulnerable homeless groups in test of universal basic income

Denver to give direct payments to most vulnerable homeless groups in test of universal basic income

Street Enforcement Team supervisor Scott Lawson, left, talks with a person at a campsite near the corner of Umatilla St. and 13th Ave. in Denver on Thursday, June 9, 2022. Denver is going to try a new tactic in its efforts to stem the tide of the metro area’s seemingly ever-growing homelessness crisis : providing $12,000 in direct payments to a small group of unhoused people over the course of a year to assess how it impacts their lives.

The city council on Monday approved the city’s participation in the Denver Basic Income Project . The contract passed unanimously as […]

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