&gt; I think basic income is important to do but decreasing the cost of living is a critical component as well. I&#x27;d be very interested to hear thoughts from the HN community about what we could be doing here.<p>Increasing rents in particular metros (the ones where the good jobs are at) is the most obvious and solvable cost of living problem we have right now. Pretty much all we need is to just permit more housing to be built, in the form of radically loosening zoning regulations that block dense housing. There, done.<p>Housing in the bay area would still be somewhat expensive with more liberal guidelines on housing, but nowhere close to where it is right now.