Brookline mother in guaranteed income pilot says it’s been ‘a life-changing experience’

53 residents in Brookline are receiving $750 per month in cash for a year.

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Karen, a Brookline mother of four, has to start counting her blessings, she reminded herself. She asked to only be identified by her first name to protect her privacy.

Among them? Landing an apartment with the Brookline Housing Authority after spending 14 years on the waitlist (she works at Beth Israel hospital and made the cut by a razor-thin margin of just $2 below the salary cap). It doesn’t stop there…

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