Austin Guaranteed Income Pilot: Participant Goals and Uses for the Cash

Summary

This fact sheet focuses on participants’ goals and uses for the cash disbursements they have received so far. It draws from data from baseline and six-month surveys, as well as from the participant interviews. While the pilot is still early in implementation, we found:The most common participant goals for the cash payments are to achieve financial stability, stay healthy, and find stable housing.

Creators/Authors

Mary Bogle

Fay Walker

Eleanor Noble

Lauren Fung

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texas data collection data analysis metropolitan housing and communities policy center inequality and mobility qualitative data analysis wealth and financial well-being economic mobility and inequality quantitative data analysis austin-round rock-georgetown, tx