A New York basic income participant used his monthly $1,000 to pay bills and launch a nonprofit

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Kenneth McQueen, 35, used his guaranteed basic income to pay bills and launch a rollerskating nonprofit.

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Los Angeles gave families $1,000 a month in the biggest basic income pilot in the country. Now the results are in.

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Direct cash payments improved recipients' home lives.

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A boomer living on $1,680 Social Security and SNAP struggles to afford food: 'It has kept me very isolated.'

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Rita, 68, (not pictured) lives check to check on Social Security in Illinois.

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Parisian Airbnb hosts are raking it in this summer as hotels suffer

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Apartments near the Eiffel tower in Paris, France.
Apartments near the Eiffel tower in Paris, France.

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A millennial couple who grew their net worth from less than $100K to over $800K share the 'house-hacking' strategy that made it possible

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Lauren and Ian Simpson are living a FIRE lifestyle in the hopes of retiring by age 35.

Lauren Simpson

Philadelphia is experimenting with guaranteed income pilots for pregnant people and housing insecure families

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Philadelphia's latest guaranteed basic income program will give $1,000 a month to pregnant people, no strings attached.

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A boomer living on $2,400 a month is waiting 8 years to collect maximum Social Security benefits, even though she's struggling to get by

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Diane Williams, 62, (not pictured) doesn't have enough savings to retire.

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Gen Z might have missed out on their chance to get rich through homeownership

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Homeownership is helping some millennials get rich — but Gen Zers might have a hard time following in their footsteps.

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Artists in New York got $1,000 monthly through a basic income program. One participant used the money to pay bills and afford healthcare.

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Jacinta Burnell, 52, is an artist in New York and a participant in a guaranteed basic income program.

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Young families are still fleeing major cities in huge numbers, a 'big surprise' for metros trying to escape the urban doom loop

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A row of students ages 5-7 raising their hands while standing along a chain-link fence on a playground during recess at P.S. 111, a public school in Hell's Kitchen, New York City.
A row of students ages 5-7 on a playground during recess at a public school in Hell's Kitchen, New York City.

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