April 29, 2021
Moving Nashville Forward will pilot the city’s first Guaranteed Basic Income experiment in 37208. Announced last month, the project is set to send ten monthly distributions of $ 1,000 to 100 families from November onwards to tackle poverty directly while generating data on the wellbeing of the population.
The project is focused on the zip code, which encompasses the five square mile heart of North Nashville, which is home to nearly 20,000 people. According to the census estimate, 37,208 is 70% black – the city as a whole 70% white – and has a poverty rate twice the […]
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