A sign advertising an apartment for rent on Marshall Ave. in St. Paul. When Sydney Hunter got a flier about St. Paul’s guaranteed basic income program , she thought it was just junk mail. $500 a month with no strings attached seemed too good to be true. But she verified it was real online, and was chosen to participate in the pilot program.
That monthly payment came in handy almost right away, when Hunter was unexpectedly laid off from her job in the medical field.
“I used that $500 to pay my rent,” Hunter said. “That helped me secure my housing […]
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