A new guaranteed income program would benefit every family making less than 200% of the federal poverty level in this city for about a year and a half.
In Cambridge, Mass., every family living below the federal poverty level will soon get a monthly payment of $500, Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui announced this week — making the city the first in the country to expand cash assistance to all locally impoverished households, her office said.
“While the details of the program are still being fleshed out, I look forward to working with our community partners to ensure the best possible implementation,” Siddiqui said, according to a transcript of her address that was published by the eastern Massachusetts news site Wicked Local. “We are confident that this appropriation will be a huge force in our recovery from the pandemic and in our efforts to address the inequities that exist in Cambridge.
This week, Chicago opened up applications for its Resilient Communities Pilot —part of a greater initiative backed by the American Rescue Plan and local bond funding — and received 90,000 applications from interested residents within 24 hours. In the end, though, only 5,000 struggling families will get $500 a month for a year.
Research on the impact of the Stockton program’s first year suggested that the money helped with unexpected expenses, debt payments, and overall stability, and the program was replicated across the U.S. in various formats. Today, dozens of cities are either on board with — or are actively conducting — similar experiments through Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, an organization founded by Tubbs.
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