The City of Mountain View launches guaranteed income pilot program
The State of California is on the cusp of a national wave of help for the country’s lowest wage earners. Multiple cities are starting programs providing a guaranteed basic income. Mountain View is next.The State of California is on the cusp of a national wave of help for the country’s lowest wage earners. Multiple cities are starting programs providing a guaranteed basic income.
Mountain View’s cost of living can cause sticker shock. The average cost of a home is nearly $3M, more than half of residents are renters, and 6.5% of people live below the poverty line."It’s just the rent amigo…From $1,900 to $2,500. And she says, ‘I have to raise the rent again,’" said resident Hector Hernandez.
Participants must be residents, make less than 30% of the median annual income, and have at least one child.
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