A B.C. research project gave homeless people $7,500 each -- the results were 'beautifully surprising'

[BeckyDem]

( The results are really not surprising, imo. )

Participants found housing faster, boosted food security and reduced spending on substances, study found

Bridgette Watson · CBC News · Posted: Oct 07, 2020 1:26 PM PT | Last Updated: October 8




The results of a B.C. research project that gave thousands of dollars to homeless people are in and, according to one researcher, could challenge stereotypes about people "living on the margins."

The New Leaf project is a joint study started in 2018 by Foundations for Social Change, a Vancouver-based charitable organization, and the University of British Columbia. After giving homeless Lower Mainland residents cash payments of $7,500, researchers checked on them over a year to see how they were faring.

All 115 participants, ranging in age between 19 and 64, had been homeless for at least six months and were not struggling with serious substance use or mental health issues. Of those, 50 people were chosen at random to be given the cash, while the others formed a control group that did not receive any money.

"I had no expectations and really high hopes," said Claire Williams, CEO of Foundations for Social Change, on CBC's The Early Edition on Tuesday.

What researchers found after 12 months, she said, was "beautifully surprising."


https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/new-leaf-project-results-1.5752714

[Newest Reality]

1. Ah,

Poverty seems to be an essential part of capitalism overall. It's baked into the deal.

Poverty has so many secondary benefits for capitalists that it would take many paragraphs to suggest them.

I think the republican's rhetoric and policies, in general, signals that, though.

Concerning the current phase of gross inequity, this is the cleanup cycle where "vulture capitalism" kicks in and goes full steam. The debt buyers are having a field day, for instance, and their earnings are record-breaking. There is so much money to be made from people who are losing or have no more economic power, (read: freedom).

And on and on.

[BeckyDem]

2. +1.

Precisely why more Republicans need to lose their political seats asap.

[Newest Reality]

3. Definitely!

[ihas2stinkyfeet]

4. just as a cigarette smoker- the more stress i have, the more i smoke.

weed too.

[Sherman A1]

5. We need a Universal Basic Income

it is just plain and simply the fact.