Does this mean that poverty, in the first world at least, is a solved problem and being poor is a choice for those remaining in poverty?
The unemployment benefit is usually enough to cover material living costs and to have all the basics, like shelter, food in a fridge, electricity, running water, even entertainment like TV, phone, computer.
People have vastly different understandings of poverty and if you define it relative to the median income, you will by definition always have poverty.