Harris County, Texas, is exploring a guaranteed income scheme that would provide monthly $500 checks to low-income households. Harris County, Texas, is exploring a guaranteed income scheme that would provide monthly $500 checks to low-income households.
If approved, the Uplift Harris initiative would cost an estimated $20.5 million.
The program’s recipients would be chosen at random from the county’s lowest-income zip areas. The initiative would be funded through federal COVID-19 relief monies.The initiative is being proposed by Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis and County Judge Lina Hidalgo. They claim that the program will aid in addressing poverty and inequality in the […]
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