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UK Launches Groundbreaking Cash-Transfer Trial for Homeless

12/31/2025

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The Centre for Homelessness Impact conducts the UK's first cash-transfer trial, giving £2,000 to 125 homeless people in London and Belfast to test unrestricted cash effects, tracked through 2027.
Recipients used funds for housing, employment, and family needs and reported improved wellbeing.
Professor Michael Sanders of King’s College London leads the study.
It is the first UK trial of its kind, following Canada.

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The Centre for Homelessness Impact conducts the UK's first cash-transfer trial, giving £2,000 to 125 homeless people in London and Belfast to test unrestricted cash effects, tracked through 2027.
Recipients used funds for housing, employment, and family needs and reported improved wellbeing.
Professor Michael Sanders of King’s College London leads the study.
It is the first UK trial of its kind, following Canada.