Los Angeles gave families $1,000 a month in the biggest basic income pilot in the country. Now the results are in.

Tech Insider : Economy
A folder 100 dollar bill against a bright red background.
Direct cash payments improved recipients' home lives.

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A woman was found living inside a grocery store's rooftop sign for a year

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An aisle in a New York grocery store.
An aisle in a New York grocery store.

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A 62-year-old employed 'peak boomer' in California makes too much for affordable housing but lives in her car: 'I'll work until I drop'

Tech Insider : Economy
Cheryl Simmons
Cheryl Simmons is a peak boomer who thinks she'll never be able to retire.

Cheryl Simmons

'Urban camping' in this Montana city has spiked 200% as priced-out locals move into cars and RVs

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An aerial view of Main Street in downtown Bozeman, Montana in Fall. The autumn trees are turning bright colors color and there is a light dusting of snow as we look down Main Street.
The unhoused population in Bozeman, Montana, has grown 50% since 2020, with urban camping making the problem more visible.

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Governors DeSantis and Newsom agree on something: They don't want the homeless sleeping in public

Tech Insider : Politics
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (left) and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (right).
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (left) and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (right).

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Why Republicans are fighting the basic-income programs many cities and states are adopting: 'Is money a birthright now?'

Tech Insider : Economy
Phoenix sunset
Phoenix, Arizona.

Kevin Wagner

Republicans vote unanimously to ban basic income programs in a state with one of the highest homelessness rates

Tech Insider : Politics, Economy
An aerial view of a city at sunset.
Phoenix, Arizona.

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California plans to build 1,200 tiny homes for the homeless. Here's what they look like.

Tech Insider : Economy
The interior of a housing unit from Plugin House Company.
The interior of a housing unit from the Plugin House Company.

Courtesy of Plugin House Company.

I volunteered to help New York City track its homeless population. Here's what I learned.

Tech Insider : Economy
Two homeless people sleep in a subway car at night in the Manhattan district of New York City on December 13, 2023.
Homeless people sleep in a subway car in New York City.

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Washington state spent over $700,000 on giant boulders to deter homeless encampments

Tech Insider : Politics
A bus passes overhead on Interstate 5 in Seattle as a shelter of tents, tarps and wood sits below in May 2016.
A bus passes overhead on Interstate 5 in Seattle as a shelter of tents, tarps and wood sits below in May 2016.

Elaine Thompson/AP

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