Minneapolis is giving people $500 a month and recipients say the no-strings-attached cash is helping them fight soaring housing costs

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Volunteers in Minneapolis load donations for unhoused residents onto trucks in December 2019.
Volunteers in Minneapolis load donations for unhoused residents onto trucks in December 2019.

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Austin experimented with giving people $1,000 a month. They spent the no-strings-attached cash mostly on housing, a study found.

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Austin, Texas.

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Denver's Basic Income Project has been so successful it's getting more funding and an extension

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Encampment along North Logan street and E. Eighth ave in Denver, Colorado.
Denver's Basic Income Project aims to alleviate poverty and homelessness in the city by giving a monthly basic income.

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People are using cash transfers like basic income to pay rent, and it shows just how badly a housing-crisis solution is needed

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An 'Apartments for Rent' sign hangs in front of a building on December 06, 2022 in Miami Beach, Florida.
An 'Apartments for Rent' sign hangs in front of a building on December 06, 2022 in Miami Beach, Florida.

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Republican lawmakers in Iowa seek to block guaranteed basic income programs, calling them 'insane'

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Republican lawmakers are trying to block a universal basic income in Iowa.
Republican lawmakers are trying to block guaranteed basic income in Iowa.

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Texas senator says the plan to give poor residents a $500 guaranteed basic income is unconstitutional

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The state flag of Texas.

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A guaranteed income program in Flint, Michigan offers new mothers $500 every month for the first year of their child's life

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A new mom holds her baby.
A new mom holds her baby.

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Homeless people in Vancouver were given $5,500 cash, no strings attached. They used it to secure housing and even start saving.

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People taking down tents on the streets.
An encampent in Downtown Eastside, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on April 5, 2023.

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A yearlong basic income experiment in New Jersey helped residents buy groceries and pay rent, the city's mayor said. Now they're expanding the program.

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Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh.
Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh.

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A Texas county plans to give low-income residents in the Houston area $500 a month as part of a universal basic income plan

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People are moving to Texas from California, Florida, and New York.

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