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"The savings manifested in program participants staying in homeless shelters less frequently, requiring fewer ambulance rides, emergency room visits and hospital stays, and spending fewer nights in jail or drug and alcohol treatment centers, a report released Tuesday morning shows."

Providing basic income to 807 homeless people saved $600,000 that would otherwise been spent on shelters, ambulances, and prisons.

https://www.denverpost.com/2024/06/18/denver-basic-income-project-taxpayer-savings/