Comment by krisoft

> They're running an imperfect-but-legal experiment, with the gov't's okay & funding, as a work-around for the gov't own bureaucratic rules on cash income reducing benefits.

And that is fine. But then the Guardian should make sure to ask why the researchers think their research will illuminate anything about the topic of direct cash transfers.

The immediate questions which pops to my mind: “if you just give cash to the homeless what percentage will spend it on drugs/alcohol to the detriment of their wellbeing?” and “if you give cash to the homeless won’t they be robbed / exploited by organised crime to extract those funds?”

This research does not appear to be able to answer either of these questions. So what questions do the researchers hope to answer? Would have been nice if The Guardian asked them that for us.