This is true, or arguably true, but we need to remember that real-life policies are never clean, blackboard examples. They're not going to just swap out social

This is true, or arguably true, but we need to remember that real-life policies are never clean, blackboard examples. They're not going to just swap out social welfare and council housing for UBI. It'll be layered in somehow. Hell... you can "sell" politicians on UBI, have them nod along, and expect them to come back with a proposal for a conditional UBI. They like your idea, it just needed to be optimized it so that only those who need it get it. That doesn't mean I'm against this. I think it's a positive development, for the reason you outline and others... just mitigating expectations.