Thousands of Chicago residents are applying for the city’s guaranteed income pilot.
The program promises to give out $500 monthly cash payments to 5,000 low-income households for a year with no strings attached and is part of the city’s economic pandemic recovery plan.
WBEZ’s Esther Yoon-Ji Kang reports.
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