"I'd Probably Be Homeless": Basic Income Participants' Lived Experiences Related to Housing Stability, Health, and Wellbeing.

Ahna Ballonoff Suleiman, Selena Regalado, Emmanuel Onuche Momoh, Katherine Menendez, Catherine K Brinkley

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Ahna Ballonoff SuleimanCenter for Regional Change, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3636-707X

Selena RegaladoCenter for Regional Change, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.

Emmanuel Onuche MomohDepartment of Human Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.

Katherine MenendezCenter for Regional Change, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.ORCID 0009-0007-5145-7448

Catherine K BrinkleyDepartment of Human Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3642-8207

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Abstract

This research draws from participant interviews at baseline, midpoint, and conclusion of a two-year Basic Income program designed to lift 76 families, with at least one child under the age of six, above the California poverty line by supplying a guaranteed monthly cash stipend (average: $1289 per month). Theoretically, we bring the Family Stress Model into the conversation with the Theory of Change that underpins Guaranteed Income programming, namely that freedom and choice empower families to mitigate stress, manage funding, and better navigate the multifactorial aspects of living in poverty. Participants report that the Basic Income program offered a much-appreciated reprieve from poverty and reported using the funds to stabilize their housing and support the health and development of themselves and their children. Participants also highlighted how guaranteed cash programming can pair with traditional social service case management to better benefit recipients.

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Health StatusHousingIll-Housed PersonsIncomePovertyCaliforniaHumansbasic incomeguaranteed incomehousing stabilityqualitative methodswellbeing

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PMID42074356

DOI10.3390/ijerph23040417

PMCPMC13116120

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