Squad member Rashida Tlaib proposes giving homeless Americans under 30 $1,4000 a MONTH for three years in program that could cost up to $180 BILLION

Progressive 'Squad' member Rep. Rashida Tlaib is proposing legislation that could provide homeless youth under 30 nearly $17,000 in cash per year. 

The Youth Homelessness Guaranteed Income Pilot Program Act would establish a plan providing $1,400 of 'direct cash assistance' per month - or fair market rent - to 'emancipated minors and young adults under 30 years old experiencing homelessness.'

The bill would give participants cash assistance over a three-year period netting them more than $50,000 in total.

It would then provide resources to study participants' housing and health outcomes. 

'We can't keep repeating the same policy approaches that haven't ended the youth homelessness crisis,' Tlaib, D-Mich., said in a statement announcing the bill.  

Rep. Rashida Tlaib proposed a plan to provide America's homeless youth $1,400 a month 

Tlaib's pilot program proposal would study the health and housing outcomes of participants 

Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., who has experienced homelessness in the past, co-signed the bill

Fellow 'Squad' member Rep. Ilhan Omar (right) released a bill last month that would provide monetary assistance to children aging out of foster care 

'By providing direct cash assistance, we can address our housing crisis while respecting the autonomy and dignity of the folks receiving assistance.'

Tlaib's office cited similar statewide cash assistance programs that have shown improved outcomes among enrollees as a basis for the nationwide proposal. 

Her office also noted how nearly 700,000 young Americans experience homelessness in a given year, with black Americans and LGBT Americans having a higher risk than other groups. 

Youth homelessness in America rose 17 percent from 2022 to 2023, federal data shows.  

The proposal, Tlaib touts, was crafted with the help of formerly homeless individuals.

'This bill came directly from young people with lived experience,' she said.

'They helped craft the bill to ensure that it meets the real needs of our unhoused neighbors. In the richest country in the history of the world, it's time to eradicate homelessness.'

The bill has a number of Democrat co-sponsors, including fellow 'Squad' member Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo, who has openly spoke about her past experience with homelessness. 

Last month, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., another member of the 'Squad,' introduced legislation to provide universal basic income for children set to age out of the foster care system. 

Omar's legislation would create a new federal program to provide $1,000 per month to young adults exiting foster care for five years. 

Tlaib's office did not return a request for comment.