What would you buy with $750 a month? For unhoused Californians, it was everything

What would you buy with $750 a month? For unhoused Californians, it was everything

Can putting money directly in the hands of people experiencing homelessness make a difference? A new California study on basic income suggests it can.

Ben Henwood, a professor at the University of Southern California Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work , partnered with the nonprofit Miracle Messages to give 103 people in the San Francisco Bay area and Los Angeles County $750 per month for a year . The six-month report is preliminary, but Henwood said the findings provide insight into ways to help address the problem.

"They’re just segments of the population given the income disparities, that despite having jobs […]

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