When the governments give money to the more needy, virtually every cent ends up with a large corporation within two weeks.
More money, without more products and services to spend it on just drives up prices.
If you want more affordable living, the government has to increase the number of available products and services available to the needy.
Tolerating monopolies, sanctioning consumer goods, especially energy, restricting trade, overregulating employment and manufacturing laws etc is the opposite of making more goods and services available.
When there's only five apples for sale to five people, giving each $20 only makes apples $20 more expensive. If you double the number of apples available, it makes them cost half as much.