Cash Transfers: An Effective Way to Curb Youth Homelessness
As youth homelessness rises, cash-transfer programs have emerged as a simple way to help young people secure housing and break cycles of despair. What do young people really need? Cash. Dignity. Autonomy.
In an op-ed for The Imprint, Sofie Fashana discusses the growing crisis of homelessness and its impacts on young people, and explains how several localities are successfully using direct cash transfers to help people secure stable housing. She also gives examples of existing pilot programs and provides compelling data to support the use of cash to combat homelessness among young people.
“While some may question whether it’s appropriate for the government to give cash directly to young adults, this approach mirrors the realities in countless homes today.”
“ 1 in 10 youth between 18-24 is unhoused or at risk of becoming so.”
Read the full op-ed in The Imprint, here.