A pandemic relief program that gave low-income #ChelseaMA residents $400 cash assistance shows effectiveness of direct payments in addressing poverty. They spent more $ of food and fresh produce than the comparison group, and positive results on other indicators as well. #poverty #publicpolicy #Boston #pandemicrelief
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/12/07/business/just-give-people-cash-chelsea-looks-back-its-experiment-with-guaranteed-income/
Some Chelsea residents got $400 a month, no strings attached. Here’s what happened next.
During the depths of the pandemic, Chelsea launched the largest experiment in universal basic income the country has ever seen. The results were promising.
David Crowley