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https://www.businessinsider.com/homeless-people-monthly-stipend-california-study-basic-income-2023-12
>What happens when homeless people are given $750 per month for a year?
>A study found they were less likely to remain unsheltered and closer to having their basic needs met.
>The initial results of the first six months of the study show the effectiveness of a basic income plan.
A group of just over 100 homeless people in California's Los Angeles County and San Francisco Bay Area were given $750 per month for a year — no questions asked.
The newly released results of the first six months of the study into the impact of a basic income and social support intervention reveal what the recipients spent the influx of cash.
Their findings are the latest piece of evidence showing the benefits of a basic income plan.
Those who received the $750 monthly stipend were less likely to remain unsheltered and closer to having enough money to meet all of their basic needs as compared to a control group who accessed usual homeless services, the study found.
According to the study, conducted by the San Francisco-based nonprofit Miracle Messages and the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, most of the spending from the $750 stipend, at 36.6%, was focused on food in the first six months.
Nearly 20% was spent on housing, 12.7% on transportation, 11.5% on clothing, 6.2% on healthcare, and 13.6% on other expenses that were not classified, the study found.
More importantly, the initial findings "dispels this myth that people will use money for illicit purposes," Ben Henwood, who led the study, told the Los Angeles Times.
Only about 2% of the $750 per month was spent on alcohol, cigarettes, or drugs, Henwood said in an interview with the Times; the majority of that money was spent on cigarettes.
>What happens when homeless people are given $750 per month for a year?
>A study found they were less likely to remain unsheltered and closer to having their basic needs met.
>The initial results of the first six months of the study show the effectiveness of a basic income plan.
A group of just over 100 homeless people in California's Los Angeles County and San Francisco Bay Area were given $750 per month for a year — no questions asked.
The newly released results of the first six months of the study into the impact of a basic income and social support intervention reveal what the recipients spent the influx of cash.
Their findings are the latest piece of evidence showing the benefits of a basic income plan.
Those who received the $750 monthly stipend were less likely to remain unsheltered and closer to having enough money to meet all of their basic needs as compared to a control group who accessed usual homeless services, the study found.
According to the study, conducted by the San Francisco-based nonprofit Miracle Messages and the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, most of the spending from the $750 stipend, at 36.6%, was focused on food in the first six months.
Nearly 20% was spent on housing, 12.7% on transportation, 11.5% on clothing, 6.2% on healthcare, and 13.6% on other expenses that were not classified, the study found.
More importantly, the initial findings "dispels this myth that people will use money for illicit purposes," Ben Henwood, who led the study, told the Los Angeles Times.
Only about 2% of the $750 per month was spent on alcohol, cigarettes, or drugs, Henwood said in an interview with the Times; the majority of that money was spent on cigarettes.
