Google is giving hundreds of recently homeless families across the Bay Area $1,000 a month to see if the no-strings-attached payments can help keep a roof over their heads. The program, part of the tech giant’s $1 billion pledge to combat the region’s housing crisis,

Recently homeless families in San Francisco will get $1,000 every month as part of a new program funded in part by Google’s nonprofit arm. The “It All Adds Up” program, which pulls inspiration from Julius Caesar gifting Roman citizens 100 silver coins and the idea of a guaranteed basic income,

A pair of San Francisco nonprofits will provide more than 200 recently homeless Bay Area families with monthly cash payments as part of a guaranteed basic-income program that organizers say they hope will shape local,