Instead of giving people money, why not have bare minimum shelter, food and education that's available for everyone.
make it a universal parachute.
free money will just raise the prices of essentials.
make it a universal parachute.
free money will just raise the prices of essentials.
Because that traps people in he bare minimum, since improvements are often necessarily replacements rather than supplements.
UBI lets small amounts of outside income provide tangible improvement.
There's already a myriad of government programs and safety nets that provide all of these and more.
In other words, a 'universal basic shelter' program would look very different.