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UBI Cash Payments Reduced Homelessness, Increased Employment in Denver (www.businessinsider.com)

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[–] Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

the Pew Charitable Trust wrote in a recent analysis that research had "consistently found that homelessness in an area is driven by housing costs."

Well, yeah, and we can thank investors, landlords and capital funds for that. Housing in Denver is ridiculously expensive currently... and it was bad but not to this extent a few years ago. A house next door to me that was $250k and $1000 a month a few years ago is now $450 and $2100 a month.

[–] daellat@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Houses in the Netherlands have increased on average like 33% since 2018. Not made up numbers. They've gotta go down this is so unaffordable for starters.