Land Contracts
Poverty Solutions and its partners have explored supportive land contracts as a path to homeownership and the policies needed to reduce abuse of predatory land contracts.
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Leonymae Aumentado
Senior Project Manager
Leonymae Aumentado is a senior project manager at Poverty Solutions, where she supports various research and strategic projects, including the Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor pilot program, Detroit’s Lead-Safe Ecosystem directory and maps, and United Way’s Detroit Financial Well-Being Innovation Challenge. Additionally, Aumentado leads evaluations of economic mobility, rental assistance, and community health programs. Previously, Aumentado held a department managerial position at an FDA regulatory policy consulting firm where she supported clients in understanding and applying FDA regulations to their company and products.
Master’s degree in public policy and certificate in healthy cities, University of Michigan; bachelor’s degree in economics and public policy, College of William & Mary.
Projects
Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor
Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor (GIG A2) is a two-year pilot that provides monthly payments of $528 to 100 Ann Arbor entrepreneurs and gig workers with low incomes, starting in January 2024. Another 100 people from the eligible applicant pool will participate in a randomized controlled trial, without receiving the monthly payments.
Led by co-Principal Investigators Kristin Seefeldt, William Lopez, and Rebeccah Sokol, the study of GIG A2 will assess how people spend the monthly payments as well as how the cash affects their entrepreneurial activities and various dimensions of health and well-being.
GIG A2 is funded by American Rescue Plan Act funds from the City of Ann Arbor and the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation. Steady is administering the monthly payments. Numerous community organizations including Ann Arbor District Library, Entrepreneurship Center at Washtenaw Community College, Express Your Yes Foundation, Friends in Deed, and Groundcover News have advised on the pilot program.
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Detroit Partnership on Economic Mobility
The Partnership on Economic Mobility between Poverty Solutions and the City of Detroit is a joint effort to identify and implement concrete, evidence-based strategies that significantly improve economic opportunity and reduce poverty in Detroit.
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