Many of them faced catastrophic economic events that, in some cases, drove them to self-medicated and into addiction. An intervention like UBI would allow them to recover. READ: The UCSF study that describes those circumstances:
https://homelessness.ucsf.edu/our-impact/studies/california-statewide-study-people-experiencing-homelessness
https://homelessness.ucsf.edu/our-impact/studies/california-statewide-study-people-experiencing-homelessness
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It's hard for a lot of working people and scary to be in that situation.
Be kind. You never know who's living on the edge.
It’s not caused by poor choices. It’s caused by price gouging landlords, exploitative low wage employers, banks who deny home loans to the poor and states who block people from the commons that nature gave to all of us
#tldr - a thumbnail of big topic
In the 6 mos prior to homelessness…
* median HH income $960
* 19% were from prison/jail
* 49% from a home where their name wasn’t on lease/mortgage
The Exec Summary is worth a scan.
https://fundforhumanity.org/ that I founded to honor the memory of my late son who was an ardent supporter of UBI.