I feel like the more general concern for what you are trying to address is that we may have cultural or systemic problems that funnel money away from the people

I feel like the more general concern for what you are trying to address is that we may have cultural or systemic problems that funnel money away from the people who we hope to benefit, and basic income seems to do little to change this. What's to stop my landlord from increasing rent by $1000? What's to stop all of the landlords in town from doing the same? Well, there's the fact that, if my landlord did this, I would start looking to move, and probably look into buying a house. Assuming the housing costs didn't also increase at the same rate. I just doesn't feel like there's anything to prevent this. I already have to pay what my landlord asks or spend weeks trying to find a suitable alternative, and it feels like the fact that my landlord thinks their time is more valuable than mine is the only thing actually stopping that. If they knew their renters could bear such a rate increase...