Homelessness is a deeply misunderstood and complex issue. When people hear the term, they tend to associate it with mental illness or problematic substance use. Individuals experiencing homelessness are heavily stigmatized, dehumanized and perceived to be less competent and trustworthy. But the reality is far more complicated than these perceptions.
Trying something newWe gave a one-time cash transfer of $7,500 to people experiencing homelessness in Vancouver. This lump sum, equivalent to the 2016 annual income assistance in British Columbia, provided people the financial freedom to pay rent and meet other living costs. The cash transfer also represented a dignified way to empower people to escape homelessness.
A total of 229 people passed the screening. They had no knowledge about the cash transfer. But when we tried to reach out to them again to conduct the baseline survey, we were unable to reach half of them because they didn't have a stable address, phone or email. Despite our best efforts, we couldn't reach 114 people. So we ended up recruiting 115 participants into the study.
We tracked participants for a year to assess the effects of the cash transfer. We lost contact with around 30 percent of participants during this time while some relocated away from Vancouver. Since a study like this has never been done before, we had little evidence to guide our predictions on the impact of the cash transfer. But following
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