But they won't have control. Not only does basic income allow you to tell your shitty boss to shove it while you live off the dole(I really don't care how lazy you are) but you also get to tell your landlord to shove it now that you have enough free cash to afford a security deposit on a different place.
> now that you have enough free cash to afford a security deposit on a different place
This leads me back to my original question - EVERYONE now has "enough free cash to afford a security deposit on a different place", so if EVERYONE goes and does that, we're right back to where we came from within 1 year -- the lowest class still has the lowest quality apartments with the lowest class slumlord landlords!!
Nothing changes except less people think they have to work (which causes society to further cave in on itself)!!
If anything, this damages the supply side, because now you have higher demand in the form of 20-somethings attempting to escape their parents/grandparents homes, as well as anyone who thinks they no longer have to live with roommates. Nothing but distorted perceptions.
And now, we also have the side effect of fewer people working and being economically productive in society, thanks to you telling your shitty boss to shove it. Meanwhile, anyone who was making something equivalent (or a bit more) than the new base salary can just say screw working altogether.
I don't see how any other outcome prevails. The cons continue to outweigh the pros, and you have no clue what other unforeseen side effects will unfold.
"we're right back to where we came from within 1 year -- the lowest class still has the lowest quality apartments with the lowest class slumlord landlords!!"
but the previous lowest class slumlords have been run out of business, because no everyone's trying to move out of their apartments and no one's trying to move in.
Where I live, there is no structural vacancies at the low end of the market. In markets like that, unless you believe that UBI will cause a net reduction in the number of households, those landlords will experience an increase in demand, not a reduction.
In markets with structural vacancies (more units available for rent than households wanting to rent them), you might see of the migration effect you describe due to increased mobility.
(To be clear, I believe that UBI will cause an increase in household formation, not a decrease.)
