Six months ago, the Denver Basic Income Project (DBIP) began distributing regular, no-strings-attached cash to homeless people.
On Tuesday, the group released data midway through the pilot program showing homelessness and food insecurity rates have declined while housing and employment rates have increased over the past six months.
While many government support programs come with spending limits and requirements, universal basic income gives money directly to people and trusts that people in poverty know what they need most. The approach has caught on across the country, with many cities running a pilot version of the program. DBIP spokeswoman Abby Leeper Gibson […]
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