Twin Cities at the forefront of guaranteed basic income experiment

Twin Cities at the forefront of guaranteed basic income experiment

When Sydney Hunter got a flyer 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 confirmed online it was real and was selected to take part in the pilot program.

That monthly payment came in handy almost immediately when Hunter was unexpectedly fired from her medical field job. “I used that $500 to pay my rent,” Hunter said. “It has helped me to secure my apartment and avoid possible homelessness if I look for another job in the […]

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