Four top LA academics want to give the city’s homeless population $1,000 a month in taxpayer cash with no strings attached

Four top LA academics want to give the city's homeless population $1,000 a month in taxpayer cash with no strings attached

Four prominent academics in Los Angeles said a monthly payment of $1,000 with no strings attached could save the city from the rampant homeless crisis.

Thousands of homeless people in LA could secure housing in boarding homes and shared apartments if they were provided with monthly payments ranging from $750 to $1,000, according to the proposal.

Citing multiple pilot studies conducted across the country, the four authors highlighted the effectiveness of basic income in a draft of their policy brief titled Basic Income Grants to Reduce Homelessness in Los Angeles. But the authors, Gary Blasi, Benjamin F. Henwood, Sam Tsemberis and […]

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