Why Housing Matters for Successful Reentry and Public Safety

This blogpost from Edge, an online magazine from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R), features Calvin Johnson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Research, Evaluation, and Monitoring (OREM), discussing HUD's participation in Second Chance Month activities commemorating the Fair Housing Act and celebrating collective efforts to ameliorate discrimination in the housing market.

Moreover, the post urges for continued effort to lift up the work of governments, nonprofits, the advocacy community, stakeholder groups, family and friends of returning citizens, and returning citizens themselves in ensuring that people leaving jails and prisons are afforded housing protections that support their successful reentry.

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