Cities experiment to reduce homelessness with “pay for success” finance

An activist holds a sign while taking part in a protest in support of anti-homelessness outside the office of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S. March 13, 2017. REUTERS/Ashlee Espinal
“Within two weeks, I had a place to stay”
By Carey L. Biron
WASHINGTON – (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The past couple of years have been a roller-coaster for Maurice Cushinberry – first of homelessness, substance abuse and legal trouble, and the