The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Program Pioneering 'Housing First' Is Catching On Across the Country

By Brennen Jensen

Sam Tsemberis spent years in squalid alleys and dank corners of subway stations searching for mentally ill homeless people who could be a danger to themselves or others and required hospitalization.

As an employee of the New York City mental-health department, Mr. Tsemberis's job was to figure out what to do with the people...

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