In August 2021, Camp Harbor View launched an experiment: Giving $583 a month to 50 lower-income families in Boston, no strings attached.
A year later, they’re already seeing the benefits. Recipients are making ends meet, paying down debt, and perhaps most significantly, reporting less stress and better overall mental health.
Camp Harbor View’s program is one of several pilots underway in Massachusetts right now that are experimenting with universal basic income. And while details of these experiments vary, they share a similar goal: Provide needy families with cash, to use as they see fit, on the grounds that families, not government, […]
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