After saying no for years to outreach workers who tried to coax him to live in an apartment rent-free, Omahan Mark Rettele, 52, finally agreed to give up living on the streets and sleeping on a concrete ledge under a bridge. Rettele sees the national program Housing First as a good start at a second chance in his often troubled life. "It's warm," he said of his apartment. "It's my own place." | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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