Cambridge tries giving thousands of low-income residents money, no strings attached

Cambridge tries giving thousands of low-income residents money, no strings attached

By Craig LeMoult

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Porchia Willis said she couldn’t believe it when she got a flyer advertising a lottery for single parentsto get $500 a month from the city of Cambridge.“I was so in disbelief. I was like, ‘Wow.’ Like, who really would create an opportunity like this, in a time like this?” Willis remembered recently. “So I was on it and I applied immediately.”Willis was one of 130 single parents randomly chosen in September, 2021 to participate in the city’s experiment on what happens when you simply give money to low-income residents with no strings attached. […]

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