Homelessness and Housing: Basic Income

(asked on 26th June 2025) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has commissioned research into the potential impact of universal basic income on (a) homelessness rates and (b) housing security.


Answered by
Rushanara Ali Portrait
Rushanara Ali
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
This question was answered on 8th July 2025

The government has not commissioned research into the potential impact of universal basic income on homelessness rates and housing security. A universal basic income is not government policy.

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