Federal Covid aid may go to guaranteed income; Free student transit, Fair Share bill also favored

Federal Covid aid may go to guaranteed income; Free student transit, Fair Share bill also favored

The Port is home to some of the city’s lower-income families. (Photo: Marc Levy) Three orders that could change life significantly for Cambridge’s lower-income residents were approved Monday by city councillors, including a call to put some of the $65 million in federal Covid aid the city is getting into a guaranteed-income program .

The policy order by Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui asks the city manager to explore expanding on a test begun last year called Cambridge Rise, which gave $500 no-strings-attached monthly payments via debit card to 130 eligible single-caretaker households over 18 months starting in September – part of […]

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