I’m not convinced that UBI will dramatically affect the housing supply for many people who would rely on it. Maybe you can expand on what you mean in light of an example:
I live near Vancouver, which is the most expensive housing market in Canada. Poor people here have access to free health care, a provincial welfare program, and a permanent disability allowance. The income amount is enough to live on in some parts of the province, but not Vancouver. Still there's a glut of unemployed poor people who prefer substandard housing or homelessness over relocating to where they could afford to live. They don’t choose to live anywhere else, even though they're not in Vancouver to “make a living”.
Programs aimed at helping the poor here focus on providing subsidized housing, not relocation.
It seems to me that if UBI doesn’t help these people afford a better standard of living where they are now, then it won’t help them at all unless they’re forced to relocate. What am I missing?
I live near Vancouver, which is the most expensive housing market in Canada. Poor people here have access to free health care, a provincial welfare program, and a permanent disability allowance. The income amount is enough to live on in some parts of the province, but not Vancouver. Still there's a glut of unemployed poor people who prefer substandard housing or homelessness over relocating to where they could afford to live. They don’t choose to live anywhere else, even though they're not in Vancouver to “make a living”.
Programs aimed at helping the poor here focus on providing subsidized housing, not relocation.
It seems to me that if UBI doesn’t help these people afford a better standard of living where they are now, then it won’t help them at all unless they’re forced to relocate. What am I missing?