After couch-surfing for almost two years, Moore, 60, is using her basic income payment to look for stable housing. But under the basic income experiment, Moore receives $1,416 a month, an amount that remains constant no matter where she lives. But unlike social assistance, which is adjusted monthly, basic income payments are calculated once a year, based on the participant’s previous year’s income tax return. Fellow Hamilton resident Alana Baltzer, 28, traded her $722 monthly ODSP benefit for a basic income of $1,915 in October. We will be looking at groups of people who get the basic income compared to people who don’t,” he said.

Source: thestar February 24, 2018 22:07 UTC