Those seem incompatible to me.

(UBI means Universal Basic Income, giving everyone a basic income, for free)

  • MonkCanatella@sh.itjust.works
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    Yup that’s a common critique of UBI. Landlords will jack up rent and end up hovering a huge amount of the benefits. Your landlord knows you’re all of a sudden making $12k more per year? Welcome to your new $10k rent hike.

    For UBI to function we need basic price controls or necessities provided for before it makes any sense to introduce.

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      9 months ago

      We need public housing in the US to be a normal thing that normal people live in, instead of something that’s only built in dangerous crime ridden areas nobody wants to live