To tackle the growing crisis of homelessness, Kevin Adler, founder of the San Francisco-based nonprofit Miracle Messages, is advocating for an unconventional yet promising solution: universal basic income (UBI).
Miracle Messages’ initial basic income pilot involved giving $500 per month for half a year to 14 people experiencing homelessness. The results? Two-thirds of the participants secured stable housing by the end of the program. "They use the money better than I could have used it for them," Adler said, as reported by Austin Monitor .
The organization didn’t stop there. With support from tech giants like Google, a large-scale randomized trial […]
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