Item 21 on the council agenda called for a pilot guaranteed income program. It passed unanimously on the dais with council members Pool and Kelly absent.
. It passed unanimously on the dais with council members Pool and Kelly absent.
"This pilot program will help 85 families at risk of eviction, homelessness by allocation $1,000 every month for one year," said Vanessa Fuentes,The program will cost nearly $1.2 million. Some residents were not happy to hear about it. "The city of Austin is not a test tube for conducting social experiments with taxpayer dollars based on personal ideologies," said Richard Smith, Austin resident.
"Though $1 million is a lot of money, we are talking about a general budget fund of $1.2 billion that we are taking $1 million from," said Paula Rojas, Communities of Color United for Racial Justice."I do not believe that the proposed guaranteed income pilot is the solution to Austin's affordability problem.
The city manager will provide an update on the results of the study after the year goes by. The city will then look into possibly expanding the program to others.The Up Together organization will be getting their cut of 10 percent for being the administrator for this program.
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