Somerville City Council vice president Judy Pineda Neufeld, left, and councillor Kristen Strezo at a June meeting. (Photo: Julia Levine) Somerville is looking at how to continue a guaranteed basic income test launched in July by Mayor Katjana Ballantyne that gives 200 families a stipend of $750 each month for a year for them to spend how they wish – including to help maintain security in an increasingly expensive housing market.
The initial $1.8 million for the stipends came from a $77.5 million total the city received from the American Rescue Plan Act, a federal program that gave cities money […]
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