A universal basic income must be universal, this will only affect 100,000 homes, possibly scaling up to a million, which is a few percent of the Spanish population.
The OP is misleading: this is not a UBI plan; it is a welfare plan.
Who is eligible?
To claim it, families must prove they are in a vulnerable situation with a monthly salary of under €200 or if the average income in the household is less than €450 per person.
The “minimum vital income” can be cumulated with paid work as well as other state benefits such as unemployment support. The government is hopeful it will encourage people to remain or continue looking for work.
In practice, if a family member earns less than €200 per month and their partner earns €600 per month — which would average at €400 euro per person — they would be eligible for the new aid.
Migrants who have been living in Spain for more than a year could also claim the new benefit with the residency requirement waived if the person has been the victim of abuse or trafficking.
A total of 850,000 families are expected to benefit from the new measure. The government has indicated that as many as 100,000 families could be automatically enrolled from June.
Adults between the age of 23 and 65 who live alone can also be eligible. In total, some 2.3 million people should receive it.
The amount each claimant will receive will vary between a minimum of €462 and a maximum of €1,100 per month depending on whether there are children or unemployed adults in the household.