An Iowa basic income project gives low-income residents $500 a month. They say it helps them make rent and buy food.

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A basic income program in central Iowa says people mostly spend the $500 monthly payments on food.

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Living on $25,000: ALICEs who live paycheck to paycheck explain how they scrape together enough food to get by

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Many low-income Americans are struggling to pay for basic necessities, like groceries.

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A Gen Xer who barely lives above the poverty line sells plasma to cover her rent because she doesn't qualify for government assistance: 'There's a lot of praying and just hanging on.'

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Lisa Kelley (not pictured) is low-income but does not qualify for government assistance. She sometimes sells her plasma to make ends meet.

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A rural Kansas county wants remote workers to move there. It's giving new residents $4,500 cash, an internet stipend, and fresh eggs.

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Lincoln County, Kansas is paying remote workers $4,500 cash to move to there. The region hopes to add 70 households.

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A low-income millennial mom was evicted from her apartment but isn't 'homeless enough to get help'

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Melissa Hedden's household income is above the poverty line, but she struggles to afford housing and healthcare.

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Don't call them DINKs. Many childfree adults are ALICEs.

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Don't call them DINKs.
More Americans are becoming ALICEs — asset-limited, income-constrained, and employed. They live above the federal poverty line, but struggle to afford basic necessities.

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A Gen Xer struggles to afford housing and groceries, but her income is about $100 too high to get help

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Stillwater, Minnesota

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A Gen X mom makes $25,000 at Applebee's and can only afford one meal a day. She's one of many Americans who live paycheck to paycheck but don't qualify for government help.

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More Americans are becoming ALICEs — people who are asset-limited, income-constrained, and employed but struggle to afford rent and groceries. The subject of the story is not pictured above.

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Seattle gave low-income residents $500 monthly payments with no strings attached. Some got new housing and employment rates nearly doubled.

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A view of the Seattle skyline.

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Texas AG sues county over Houston-area guaranteed income program giving participants $500 a month no strings attached

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton called Uplift Harris an "unlawful" program.

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