Santa Clara County’s new guaranteed income experiment is part of a Bay Area-wide trend.
For many struggling South Bay families, getting an extra $1,000 a month with no strings attached would seem too good to be true.
The program targets families with children under 18 that are homeless or unstably housed — they could be at risk of losing their home because they can’t afford the rent, for example, or living crammed into too-tight quarters with other families. It’s part of athroughout the Bay Area as nonprofits, cities, counties and even state legislators increasingly experiment with programs that put cash directly into the hands of people in need.
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