Perla Suazo poses for a portrait with her 20-month-old son Liam Suazo and 7-year-old daughter Atziri Suazo in the courtyard of United South End Settlements on Friday. Suazo is part of a guaranteed income program run by United South End Settlements. Since October, over a dozen low-income families were being given no-strings attached money ($800 a month) for 18 months. The Boston City Council is currently weighing a pilot program that would give the city’s poorest residents a guaranteed basic income. Neighboring cities such as Cambridge and Chelsea have already successfully implemented similar programs and could be a model […]
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