Yes, public housing projects worked so well. You can go look up economics papers on Google Scholar or SSRN about the benefits of direct payments versus in-kind

Yes, public housing projects worked so well. You can go look up economics papers on Google Scholar or SSRN about the benefits of direct payments versus in-kind payments. You might worry that someone will use their direct payment and spend it on hooch, but you can't stop that: if you give them food stamps they will trade that for money and then spend it on hooch.