2 St. Louis residents are suing the city’s basic-income program in an attempt to halt what they call ‘unconstitutional’ $500 monthly payments to low-income families

2 St. Louis residents are suing the city's basic-income program in an attempt to halt what they call 'unconstitutional' $500 monthly payments to low-income families

Two St. Louis residents have filed a lawsuit to halt the city’s guaranteed-basic-income pilot.

The program provides 540 low-income families $500 monthly to help them afford housing and food.

The lawsuit alleges that it’s unconstitutional for St. Louis to use public money on basic income. As St. Louis continues its guaranteed-basic-income pilot , two residents are suing to cut the program’s funding. The lawsuit alleges that the city’s plan to give low-income families $500 a month is unconstitutional in the state of Missouri.Submitted to a circuit court on June 13, the lawsuit claims it’s a Missouri […]

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