The Oregon Lawmakers are considering a launch program that will help you with the ongoing stimulus check payments to a few residents who will qualify the criteria. These payments are going to be a part of the UBI program or the Universal basic income program and they are getting compared to the stimulus check payments in the COVID-19 times.
Many researchers are suggesting that these payments checks will be similar to a huge UBI effort as they send cash for free, much like what the federal and plenty of state government did to help their taxpayers cope with the inflated markets. Here is what the new Oregon program says, and things you need to know about it.
UBI Payments For Oregon Residents Or Stimulus Check Payments?
The 603 senate bill proposed to send out a thousand dollars to the eligible taxpayers of the state. Wlnsvey Campos, the state senate of Oregon will be sponsoring these payments for his compatriots. As per the news, this will help the advocacy group that will set its goal upon ensuring to assist the taxpayers with affordable housing.
Twenty-five million US dollars have been allocated under this bill and it is said that this fund will create a Housing Assistance Fund Demonstration Program. This if happens will be the first program that will help a thousand of the taxpayers with a thousand dollars of stimulus check every month for the next two years.
These checks are specially designed for the residents of the states who does not have any housing assistance and have a income below sixty percent of the average income of the area. This program will be a state-wide operated program which will make this the foundation UBI program to run on the state level.