Brad Lander: “It works 70 to 90% of the time.”

“So my plan, in addition to mental health court and hospitalization, centers on a policy called Housing First. Working in Houston, Denver, Salt Lake City to get people from the street into housing and services. It works 70 to 90% of the time. And so that's what my plan will do, is literally end street homelessness for people, people with serious mental illness. We're Talking about about 2,000 people who are on the streets who are mentally ill.” (05:11–05:15)

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