The program provides $1,000 monthly to low-income families, who spent much of their payments on housing. She applied for the Austin Guaranteed Income Pilot, which gave 135 low-income families $1,000 monthly with funding from the City of Austin and philanthropic donations. An analysis by the Urban Institute think tank found that participants predominantly spent their $1,000 payments on housing and food. Still, the Austin pilot — and dozens of others nationwide — have not been entirely successful for every participant. I'm working, and when I got down here, I landed a job within a month," Hendon said.

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