Avalon Housing’s Bri Carpenter. Doug Coombe Avalon Housing’s Bri Carpenter. Doug Coombe As Ann Arbor’s already above-average cost of living continues to rise , the city is following a handful of other American communities by experimenting with offering a guaranteed basic income to some residents.
$1.6 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds have been allocated to "provide payments of approximately $530 per month for 24 months to 100 low- and moderate-income entrepreneurs who live in Ann Arbor," according to a press release from the city. The proposal was brought to city council by University of Michigan’s Poverty […]
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