Universal basic services

Universal basic services (UBS) is an idea of a form of social security in which all citizens or residents of a community, region, or country receive unconditional access to a range of free, basic, public services, funded by taxpayers and provided collectively by a government or public institution. The basic services commonly include:

  • Education
  • Health care
  • Housing
  • Essential food
  • Water and sanitation
  • Buses and trains
  • Basic internet
  • Legal aid and representation

Further services, where there are low or zero marginal costs for adding further users are:

  • Electricity and heating
  • Retail banking
  • Public broadcast media
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