{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/cf7520d4-c0d5-4b36-8f12-a828c622fc14/65f0a94f5449c40016226bc4?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Should we give homeless people cash?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60eede6592322e0c04ee9b2f/1710270794861-335625a36d34e71207a459f60e59d11d.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Handing cash to rough sleepers&nbsp;has always been a controversial act, but is it actually the solution to our homelessness crisis? It’s an idea that award-winning journalist and author Samira Shackle explored in a feature for the most recent issue of&nbsp;<em>Prospect</em>. Shackle joins Ellen Halliday and Jonathan Tan, chief executive of non-profit Greater Change, on the podcast to discuss cash transfers, universal basic income and other measures that could ease Britain's growing homelessness problem.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Read Samira Shackle’s feature&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/society/housing/64997/homelessness-solutions-direct-cash-money-transfers\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here.</a>&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"Prospect Magazine"}