Guaranteed basic income program aims to support unhoused people

Guaranteed basic income program aims to support unhoused people

Illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios Guaranteed basic income could make a dent in the ongoing homelessness crisis in San Francisco, advocates say, and an ongoing program seeks to measure the impact of monthly payments to people who are currently unhoused.

Driving the news: Miracle Messages , a nonprofit that aims to help unhoused people rebuild social support networks, is conducting a yearlong basic income program, Miracle Money, in which participants in the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles get $750 a month for a year. The roughly $2 million program is funded through donations and grants from local philanthropists, as […]

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