Once again it turns out that the main cause of poverty is not having enough money, and that there's One Weird Trick that really helps: giving people money.
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Brent Toderian
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
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Who could possibly have predicted &c.
Personally i've always called it basic human decency. There's enough money out there to give everybody a roof over their head and food in their belly....