Comment by anovikov
7 months ago
Maybe if it's done on a national level, and cash will only be distributed to the homeless who can prove they are citizens, that won't be an issue. Moreover they might move to areas with lower cost of living if payments do not depend on the place (a homeless does not have a fixed address by definition), thus becoming less of an issue.
Homelessness creates society issues regardless of citizenship. Also, obtaining any reliable ID for many homeless is a non-trivial and costly task on its own. It seems like you're interested in something more limited than simply helping with the homelessness issue.
It's simply that if any assistance will be given to foreigners - they will flock from entire world just like they flocked from entire US to SF when they started giving out cash. Police can of course check anyone's identity. Foreigners won't be trying to claim anything because they know they'd be deported or isolated if there is no clear country to deport them into.
> they will flock from entire world
Flock from the entire world just to use homeless benefits in the US that barely sustains people? Outside of a refuge situation... citation needed.
> Police can of course check anyone's identity.
You get a person without any documents, no long term contacts in the state/area, with a common name/surname, not remembering any official address they lived at.
How exactly do you think they'll be identified? And how much time money do you think it's worth to get a precise answer in that case?
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