Oregon pilot program giving cash to youth sees staggering reduction in homelessness

Gabi Huffman recalled being near a breaking point.

After leaving what she called a “really bad relationship,” she was living in a church basement shelter with her daughter, who was three months old at the time. Huffman, then 21, recalled having anxiety and panic attacks over her life’s instability that were so severe she thought about going to a mental hospital.

But in February 2023, the monthly checks started coming in.

Huffman was selected to…