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Re:The latest experiment in basic income will be coming to S... by eru on Thursday October 19, 2017 @03:23PM (#15510827)
https://medium.com/basic-income/why-land-value-tax-and-unive... is a great article on how to do basic income.

The problem is not so much general price rises, as rises in rent.

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Re:The latest experiment in basic income will be coming to S... by sokoloff on Thursday October 19, 2017 @07:56PM (#15512545)
Exactly. If I had an idea that countrywide UBI was coming at a meaningful level, I'd buy as much cheap housing stock as I could get my hands on as I believe UBI would result in net household formation and net demand for low-end rental housing.
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