> A lot of homeless people are not prepared to just have cash Sure, that's a fair hypothesis. But studies have shown that it tends not to be true, and that dir

> A lot of homeless people are not prepared to just have cash Sure, that's a fair hypothesis. But studies have shown that it tends not to be true, and that direct cash assistance is actually often a remarkably effective intervention, and often more effective than other welfare programs. The studies have generally shown that a lot of homeless people actually are prepared to just have cash. I don't think direct cash assistance is a panacea or anything, but the data shows it is often much more effective than people expect it to be. The studies on this are actually fairly conclusive, so if you want to push back I'd need to see solid data as pushback. Anecdotes won't really convince me otherwise on this topic, because we've had a lot of experiments that have created a pretty strong record.