Homeless people given free cash with no strings attached in new study: 'I will never not pay my bills'

Homeless people given free cash with no strings attached in new study: 'I will never not pay my bills'

Homeless people given free cash with no strings attached in new study: 'I will never not pay my bills' In August 2024, rough sleepers across England were randomly selected to take part in a unique cash program.  Although they had recently gained temporary housing, they were all people who had experienced homelessness without shelter for prolonged periods of time.   To avoid compromising the results of the trial, the researchers at the Centre for Homelessness Impact and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government did not disclose the money given out, but it was one of eight CFHI projects backed by £15 million ($20.37 million in USD) of government funding. After participants were allocated a “significant” amount of money, support providers at regional charities helped them purchase items on their behalf.  “We were encouraging our partners to be quite flexible and creative in how they spent that money,” Ella Whelan, the trial’s program lead at CFHI, told Big Issue.  “So o…