[politician]

I don’t like the “minimum income” phrase because it’s an ambiguous lower bound.

Should people with zero income be able to afford housing?

Should people without a job be able to afford housing?

Yes, people should have shelter. Starting here leads to more concrete proposals than conflated arguments about the meaning of “minimum income”. MI presumes you have a job. Is having a job the criteria we want to set for having shelter?

[goodpoint]

> Should people with zero income be able to afford housing?

By definition, "zero income" (without infinite savings obviously) means you cannot afford anything! People without income obviously cannot be included in any conversation about affordability.

Should people without income be provided housing directly or through things like UBI? Yes, of course, but that's a different conversation.

[jen20]

> By definition, "zero income" means you cannot afford anything!

…no it doesn’t. No income AND no assets means you cannot afford anything.