I don't believe it's infeasible because we already do it to a large degree. At the Federal level there is a Section 8 housing. At the state level there are va

I don't believe it's infeasible because we already do it to a large degree. At the Federal level there is a Section 8 housing. At the state level there are various rent assistance programs. Most people are also W2 employees so their income is tied to their SSN so a lot of this can be automated by simply looking at your actual monthly income. The fact that you'd need to apply for this would also discourage some people from abusing the system. Lastly, I don't really care if the system isn't perfect and some people get assistance they don't need. It doesn't have to be perfect. It just has to be "good enough". At an ethical level, I'd rather give people the benefit of the doubt and not make them homeless than worry about them abusing welfare some of the time. > People have long abused welfare in the US who don't actually need it I'm always skeptical of claims like this because they're used as a political tool to attack poor people for being poor. OMB's estimate [1] put this at "5.6 to 7.2%". In a country that spends a trillion dollars a year on the military, that's a literal rounding error that I don't care about at all. [1]: https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/briefing-room/2021/12/30/updated-data-on-improper-payments/#:~:text=An%20improper%20payment%20is%20a,the%20relevant%20statute%20or%20regulation https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/briefing-room/2021/12/30/upda....