A homeless camp site during the winter in Denver, Colorado. (MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images/Hyoung Chang) The city of Denver, Colorado, is testing a programme providing “vulnerable” homeless groups – including women, trans and non-binary people – with a universal basic income.
Denver City Council approved the city’s participation in the Denver Basic Income Project on 12 September, pledging $2 million in COVID-19 aid money to test the programme, the Denver Post reported.
The pilot programme, similar to other Universal Basic Income projects for vulnerable communities trialled across the US , will make direct payments of $12,000 to homeless […]
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