Vancouver Gave Homeless People $5,800. It Changed Their Lives

Actual article: https://reasonstobecheerful.world/vancouver-gave-its-homeles...

>> “We inherently do not trust people living in poverty,” says Claire Williams, co-founder of FSC. “If you think of something like income assistance, welfare, even employment insurance, we make the burden of proof so high for people to access those benefits because we fundamentally assume that people are trying to cheat the system.”

I know a homeless guy. He wasn't always homeless. Had a good job had a good house to live in. Then the stress got to him (not a lot he had a low threshold). Now he doesn't want the stress of work or a home.

He eats well and gets enough money from the government that he could pay rent but he doesn't want to.

I'm not sure how to help him. Or if he wants help.