A guaranteed income is the answer to the affordability crisis
Every affordability plan in Washington works by trying to move prices. None of them put money in families' hands. A guaranteed income does. It's cash every month with no strings attached, and American cities have been proving it works for seven years.
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Michael Tubbs, the former mayor of Stockton, California, who launched the first city-run guaranteed income pilot in 2019.
Neighbors don't have the same bills
The bill causing one household to make impossible choices isn't necessarily the bill most impacting the family next door. Day care, a car payment, insulin. Cash reaches all of them–and more–because the household decides how to spend the money.
- 64% of voters support monthly cash payments between $500 and $1,000 for American adults.
- 100+ American cities and counties have run a guaranteed income pilot.
- 30,000+ people have received a guaranteed income payment from pilots.