>Homelessness is an increasing problem across the developed world, and existing policy responses are failing to make an impact. It is the government policies w

>Homelessness is an increasing problem across the developed world, and existing policy responses are failing to make an impact. It is the government policies which cause homelessness. X = number of homes constructed in 2022. Y = number of new people in country in 2022. You have to increase X by more than Y. If you want to bring 500,000 new people to the country, there has to be that much more construction. But new building is hard as ever. Carbon tax adds huge cost to concrete. Concrete plants can't operate anymore, imported concrete is exempt. Not to mention construction worker shortage; https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/subjects-start/labour_/labour-shortage-trends-canada https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/subjects-start/labour_/labour-s... You can't even build more even if government wasn't in the way. Nobody wants to do the work. Therefore we have a consequence of homelessness increasing. What will UBI do? UBI won't build more homes. Nobody going to receive a cheque for $2000/year and say, "I'm going to go work in the cold, building homes." No it's the opposite, those cold construction workers can stop wearing their reflective clothing. Maybe take this $2000 to start a new business. You'll have less homes being built the next year. Homelessness will increase.