I hope we see more of this, including at the national level. When you’re living in poverty it’s easy to make choices out of desperation rather than what might be a positive medium or long-term step. Simply knowing that you don’t need to worry about the bare minimum amount of money can be life-changing. We really need to move beyond the brutalist notion that what the impoverished really need is to feel the pain of their lack and that this is what will motivate them. It’s a cruel notion and what’s more, it doesn’t even work.