Phoenix Approves Universal Basic Income Program for 1,000 Families 1 The Phoenix City Council on Tuesday approved a plan to make monthly payments to about 1,000 local low-income families for a year. Call it Phoenix’s own universal basic income program.
The plan will be funded by the American Rescue Plan Act, the last $1.9 trillion federal COVID-19 relief bill passed by Congress last March. The city received $196 million of the emergency law and voted Tuesday to spend $12 million of it on monthly payments, officially called the Financial Assistance for Phoenix Families Program.
“We’re essentially going to pick 1,000 families […]
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