DENVER (KDVR) — Mayor Michael Hancock, the U.S. Department of Treasury, Congresswoman Diana DeGette, as well as homeless and mental health service providers announced a new pay-for-success housing program on Wednesday.
The new housing program will move at least 125 people experiencing chronic homelessness into supportive housing with wraparound services, the City of Denver said.
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The project is aimed at building housing stability, a reduction in the number of jail days, and reduction in emergency federal health care expenditures in a pay-for-success model, the city said.