Chicago is poised to receive $1.9 billion from the American Rescue Plan and some local legislators want to use it to start a universal basic income program for low-income residents.
A $50 million investment would create the largest publicly funded guaranteed income program in the country. It comes on the heels of Gary, Indiana, implementing a universal basic income program of its own and while details of Chicago’s pilot program haven’t been finalized, it could send $500 payments to residents each month.
Alderman Gilbert Villegas is leading the effort to bring a universal basic income to Chicago. He championed it for […]
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