A massive tent encampment of homeless individuals on a Downtown Los Angeles sidewalk. Story at a glance The U.S. Census Bureau found that in 2020, the country’s poverty rate was 11.4 percent, the first increase after five consecutive years of decline.
Los Angeles will send $1,000 checks to 3,000 city residents.
Chicago will send $500 checks to 5,000 city residents. To help address poverty, only worsened by the coronavirus pandemic, Los Angeles and Chicago are rolling out guaranteed income programs that will send no-strings attached checks to needy families. The U.S. Census Bureau said the country’s official poverty rate […]
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