Consultant report: Try out guaranteed income pilot with ARPA $. Mayor Elicker: Not worth it with this pot of money. Should the city use federal aid to send $500 per month to a small group of economically vulnerable residents?
Or would such a “guaranteed income” pilot program offer too little long-term bang for the city’s buck, and is therefore not the best use of New Haven’s limited pandemic-relief funds?
Those questions — about whether or not the city should invest in temporary unconditional cash transfers to low-income city residents — are raised in a recently released 46-page report put out by […]
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