PILOTS & EXPERIMENTS
San Francisco’s basic income program for trans people to end after cuts, conservative lawsuits
Program gave $1,200 a month to 55 low-income trans residents
Arts Organizations Launch Petition to Extend Basic Income Scheme in Ireland
Pilot scheme due to end in 2025; extension of the scheme raised in the Seanad.
Pomona launches basic income pilot program
Through a lottery, the Pomona Household Universal Grant Program (HUG) will choose 600 eligible residents and assign them to two groups — a paid group and a control group.
Philly Joy Bank launches guaranteed basic income program for pregnant Philadelphians
The guaranteed income pilot program is modeled off of similar programs in Canada, San Francisco and New York City.
St. Louis sued over its Guaranteed Basic Income program
A nonprofit has filed a lawsuit against the City of St. Louis over its Guaranteed Basic Income program, alleging the program is unconstitutional.
Proposed ballot measure to raise corporate taxes, give every Oregonian $750 a year likely to make November ballot
Corporations don’t want to pay their fair share. They pay so little compared to everyday Oregonians. We all have really thin margins and we manage to do it.
Adam Schiff proposes guaranteed basic income pilot program for Medicaid recipients to cut federal health spending
As Americans struggle with rising costs, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. is making a pitch to help put more dollars in some of the lowest income Americans while cutting costs of federal healthcare spending.
New animated show to air on FOX about a town with universal basic income
Universal Basic Guys was picked up by the network in late 2022. It will join other Fox comedies including the Jon Hamm-led Grimsburg, Dan Harmon’s Krapopolis, as well as the long-running titles The Simpsons, Family Guy and Bob’s Burgers.
A DC basic income program is letting people choose the amount on their checks. A participant said $1,400 a month is what she needs to pay medical bills.
A guaranteed basic income program in Washington DC is allowing participants to choose the amount of their monthly checks.
Virginia’s Loudon County board allocates $2M to guaranteed-income pilot program for low-income residents
Based on similar programs that other localities have done, Saines said, “I think this is the correct amount to allocate for right now. We have the funding to do so. And from conversations it seems like everybody’s in support of it.”
Conservatives are fighting guaranteed basic income programs using a surprising argument: They aren’t universal
Conservatives are fighting guaranteed basic income programs across the country.
Asheville, Buncombe reparations commission votes unanimously for guaranteed income
ASHEVILLE – The city and county reparations commission has voted unanimously for guaranteed income for some residents, handing that and other recommendations up to local elected officials.
This college town is experimenting with giving low-income entrepreneurs and gig workers $12,672, no strings attached
Ann Arbor is providing 24 monthly payments of $528 to low-income residents.
Iowa’s Governor Signs Basic Income Pilot Ban Bill Into Law
Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed into law a ban on local governments adopting guaranteed income programs.
A new California bill could provide cash to homeless high school seniors
Senate Bill 333 proposes providing 15,000 high school seniors experiencing homelessness with a monthly stipend of $1,000 for four months.
Recently homeless S.F. families will get $1,000 a month from Google in new 5-year experiment
More than 200 San Francisco families that recently experienced homelessness will receive $1,000 monthly cash payments as part of a new guaranteed income program funded largely by Google.
Chicago will relaunch a guaranteed basic income program
The city has until the end of the year to allocate hundreds of millions of federal COVID relief money or risk losing it.
Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocks Harris County’s guaranteed basic income pilot program day prior to start
Houston’s basic-income program faces shutdown after Texas’ attorney general labels it “unconstitutional.”
For P.E.I., a model for a guaranteed basic income that is feasible and affordable
An innovative federal-provincial partnership would virtually eradicate poverty among working-age adults and their children, report shows.
Catherine Martin signals Ireland’s ‘ground breaking’ basic income scheme for artists to be expanded
Green deputy leader tells conference coming year is ‘pivotal’ and she is ‘absolutely committed’ to new public broadcasting funding model
Ontario pays $320K in legal fight over its cancellation of basic income program
Ontario Premier Doug Ford exchanges words with former NDP leader Andrea Horwath during Question Period at Queen’s Park in Toronto on July 31, 2018.
Texas judge rules against AG Ken Paxton’s lawsuit that would halt Harris County guaranteed basic income program
Paxton sued Harris County for implementing a guaranteed income program, called Uplift Harris, which would give $500 a month to nearly 2,000 low income households over an 18-month period.
A conservative group is suing to stop a San Francisco guaranteed income program that gives 55 trans residents $1,200 a month
A conservative group is suing San Francisco over a guaranteed basic income program for trans people.
Iowa slated to ban all future basic income programs
Sen. Bill Dotzler, 75, called the last two legislative sessions the “worst attack” on low-income and working-class Iowans he has ever seen.
Could Minnesota be among the first states to offer a basic income program?
Minnesota could be one of the first states in the nation to pilot a basic income program, with lawmakers considering a $100 million proposal that would provide up to 10,000 people hundreds of dollars every month.
It’s time for bold new experiments to tackle poor health – including a Basic Income
Sheffield GP Jack Czauderna explores a fascinating experiment from 100 years ago that turned how we think about health upside down – and that could sit alongside the NHS today.
Two New Guaranteed Basic Income Bills Bring Different Strategies to Reducing Young Adult Poverty
The Guaranteed Income Pilot Program Act of 2023 is one of the many plans that lawmakers have introduced to help improve the lives of many people in the United States.
British farmers want basic income to cope with post-Brexit struggles
Schemes to replace EU subsidies will not plug gap left by loss of EU subsidies for most farmers
Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts, announces guaranteed basic income pilot program
National coalition advocates in favor of cash-based policies to create opportunity
Court Certifies Class Action Lawsuit Brought By Those Who Were Part Of The Ontario Basic Income Pilot Project
The Government of Ontario is facing a class action lawsuit brought on by four Lindsay residents on behalf of 4,000 people who had participated in the Ontario Basic Income Pilot.
Portland, Maine Exploring Universal Basic Income Program
The Portland City Council’s Housing and Economic Development Committee recently released a draft of their 2024 Work Plan, which includes exploring the implementation of a universal basic income (UBI) and a possible increase of the city’s minimum wage to $20 per hour.
Meet the woman running Sam Altman’s universal basic income study
When OpenResearch begins sharing the results of its research, it plans to cover study recipients’ time use, mental and physical health, decision-making, crime, politics and social attitudes, and effects on children.