Yet a study that involved giving homeless people money without strings attached showed that most spent it on things to improve their future, like buying a used car, paying off debt, pursuing education, starting a business and getting a home. There were no adverse outcomes for any of the participants.
But still our society will judge the homeless and make out they’re all feckless addicts who can’t be trusted with help.
That’s a good point. Especially with how benefits are usually granted for a short time and many people fail the reassessments, get into debt to survive before the appeal reinstates their benefits, it’s difficult to even get out of the debt cycle on benefits. But they get accused of being feckless.