Austin gave families $1,000 a month for a year. Most of the money was spent on housing. - Austin Monitor

Cities across the country, including Cambridge, Mass., and Ann Arbor, Mich., have begun piloting these guaranteed income programs, also called universal basic income programs.

"I was worried because I had become reliant on (the money)," she said. "(The prospect of) not having it was stressful."

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