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Guaranteed basic-income programs can help low-income participants afford necessities like rent. Despite legislative opposition, basic-income programs remain active across the country. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementIngrid Sullivan, 48, used her cash from the San Antonio guaranteed basic-income program to rent a home where her grandchildren can play in the yard. "My life was always just a couple hundred dollars short," Sullivan told Business Insider.
Persons: , Ingrid Sullivan, Monique Gonzalez, Sullivan Organizations: Service, San Antonio, Jarun Locations: San Antonio, Denver
For a year, it allowed him to pay rent, more comfortably pay his bills, and spend time with family. He couldn't afford rent anymore after the program, but he's hopeful the extension will help him again. Basic income programs including those in Austin and Minneapolis showed that most recipients spend their payments on soaring housing costs. For the first year, the project gave participants either $1,000 monthly, $500 monthly with $6,500 upfront, or $50 each month as a control group. Some of his former coworkers found out he was living in his car, and they helped him find a place and pay rent.
Persons: Jarun Laws, , It's, Laws, Karl W, Smith, Mark Donovan, he's, I'm Organizations: Income, Service, Denver, Bloomberg, Colorado Trust, University of Denver's Center for Housing, Homelessness Research, Safeway, Doordash, BI Locations: Denver, Austin, Minneapolis, Greater Denver
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