Public Housing Authorities and Prisoner Reentry
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Council of State Governments
Fact Sheets | August 11, 2006
This fact sheet examines how public housing authorities can play a role in ensuring that people released from prison or jail become stably housed. It provides information on the following three major points:
- A growing number of people are released each year from
state prison and local jails; this phenomenon, prisoner
re-entry, has a significant impact on housing programs
administered by PHAs, including public housing, the
Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8), and other
programs.
- Ensuring that people released from prison and jail find
appropriate places to live is critical to public safety and
healthy families and communities.
- PHAs can play a role in stopping this destructive cycle
by considering potential tenants individually and
partnering with public safety and service agencies to
ensure that tenants get the help they need to stay in
housing.
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