Hometown Seabirding: Harris County (Houston) is on a roll. Relatively few building restrictions, housing-first approach to homelessness, and now direct cash transfers.* Showing some more progressive cities how to do it. *Not a UBI, despite the headline.
A Texas county plans to give low-income residents in the Houston area $500 a month as part of a universal basic income plan
Texas' Harris County is planning to use more than $20 million of federal COVID-19 relief funds to support low-income residents in the greater Houston area.
businessinsider.com