Austin Gave Poor Families a Basic Income. It Changed Their Lives.

In 2022, the city of Austin began an experiment to address a growing issue: As the local technology industry exploded, city residents were struggling to deal with a growing housing crisis that was especially crippling low-income residents. Austin gave 135 low-income households $1,000 each month for a year, and tracked…

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