[sodality2]

Find me another example of a social safety net program that reduced its cost by 50% in one year, by lifting its recipients out of the qualifications for said welfare.

[apsec112]

There was no difference between the treatment group, and a control group given $50 per month.

https://www.denverbasicincomeproject.org/research

[sodality2]

I was more responding to the fact that if a program like this had even a 50% exit rate in one year it would not be a failure, but that is surprising.

[celdon25]

Have to be careful with how you look at those numbers. It was already the case that most people who are homeless are not "chronically homeless".

I don't doubt that there was some degree of reduction but if you are looking at it as a "50% cure rate" or something like that, you shouldn't be claiming things like "fact" or "success/failure" regarding the topic, without at least adding some more context.

[dghlsakjg]

There was no control group. That phraseology is never used in any of the papers or summaries on the page that you linked to

Providing $50/month is just a different experiment.