Guaranteed Income Recipients Praise Poverty Program Outcome

Guaranteed Income Recipients Praise Poverty Program Outcome

Debbie Wilkerson, after years of battling bad credit, is on her way to save up for a down payment on her first home.

She says a Guaranteed Income pilot program has helped her one-income household gain some stability, while living check-to-check has left her family with no path to owning their first home.

“I don’t have to worry anymore,” Wilkerson said in an interview.Guaranteed income programs provide recipients with direct cash payments to help fight poverty or economic inequality.Mayors for Guaranteed Income, a national network of mayors and researchers who lead these types of programs, is conducting temporary pilot programs across […]

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