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☆ Over 82,000 Houston-area residents applied to a Texas guaranteed income program giving $500 a month. Fewer than 2,000 made it in.
  + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
Just over 2% of applicants to a Houston-area guaranteed income program were accepted — a lower acceptance rate than Harvard or Yale. Starting this month, 1,928 families will receive $500 a month, no strings attached, through Uplift Harris, a guaranteed income program in the Texas county that includes Houston. A majority of participants selected live in high-poverty ZIP codes and have a household income below 200% of the federal poverty line. Some participants were selected through the county's Accessing Coordinated Care and Empowering Self Sufficiency program which helps vulnerable residents improve outcomes. The pilot has been met with opposition from politicians including Texas State Sen. Paul Bettencourt, who in January sent a letter to the state attorney general concerning whether counties can legally enact guaranteed income programs.
Persons: Dustin Palmer, AidKit, Palmer, GiveDirectly, We've, Texas State Sen, Paul Bettencourt, Bettencourt, I've, it's Organizations: Service, Harvard, Yale, Business, American, SNAP, Texas State, Houston Public Media, Austin Locations: Houston, Uplift Harris, Texas, Harris, Harris County, West Harris County
☆ 3 CEOs explain why single women in the US own more homes than single men — even though they still earn less
  + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Leo Aquino | Richard Richtmyer | Read More | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
Women still earn 18% less than men, but a new report shows a rise in homeownership for single women. Fintech CEOs say that increased advocacy for women's rights contributed to the rise in single women's homeownership. See 30-year mortgage rates right now »Here are the top three states where single women own more homes than men:In Florida , 4.55% more single women than single men own homes, with a total of 854,297 single women homeowners in the state. In Maryland , 4.53% more single women own homes, with a total of 141,740 single women homeowners in the state. In Delaware, 4.5% more single women own homes, with a total of 28,551 single women homeowners in the state.
☆ An undocumented worker was able to pay rent because he got $2,000 as part of a UBI-like program that will now be permanent for Coloradans who lose their jobs
  + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Jason Lalljee | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Leo Alvarez received $2,000 from a pandemic-era fund for undocumented workers who lost wages in 2020. The fund has led to a permanent unemployment assistance program for undocumented workers in Denver. The pandemic exacerbated inequalities for undocumented workers that advocates want states to address. In New York for instance, advocates want the state to make its fund for undocumented workers permanent. "This is not something that's a luxury," Jessica Maxwell of the Workers Center of Central New York told Spectrum News last month.
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