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

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

People are moving to Texas from California, Florida, and New York.Paul Souders Harris County in Texas, which includes Houston, plans to give low-income residents $500 a month.

The county is using $20.5 million in COVID-19 relief to fund the program.

Harris County says similar programs have shown "wide-ranging" social and financial benefits. A county in Texas is planning to give residents monthly payments to combat economic inequity, a plan it says has worked in other states."Uplift Harris" is a guaranteed monthly income program to provide eligible households in Harris County $500 a month for up to […]

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