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Getting $750 a month didn’t end homelessness – but our study shows it still improved the lives of homeless people

  • Written by Benjamin F. Henwood, Professor of Social Policy and Health, University of Southern California
imageThere was no evidence that participants in this experiment squandered the money they received.AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes

Can giving homeless people US$750 a month to use any way they choose help them move into long-term housing?

I am the director of the University of Southern California Homelessness Policy Research Institute. My research team, in...

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