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to more housing and ending mass incarceration

Pamela—   Returning home after incarceration should bring relief. But many of the millions of people who return to their communities from jails and prisons every year face a long battle just to get housing. In fact, formerly incarcerated people are 10 times more likely to experience homelessness—in part because they have a hard time obtaining housing. Policies that bar people with arrest or conviction histories from accessing housing are harmful and do nothing but contribute to cycles of housing insecurity, homelessness, and incarceration.   But we can change this. Through research and collaboration with our community partners, Vera knows that one of the steps to ending mass incarceration is to open more doors to housing for people returning home from jails and prisons. Because when everyone can have a place to call home, we can all thrive.   When you make a matched gift today, your impact will go twice as far for programs like Vera's Opening Doors to Housing initiative—whose work includes transforming admission policies for public housing authorities across the country. Please make a gift today and any amount you give will be automatically doubled >> For almost a decade, Vera has been working nationally—including with public housing authorities (PHAs) in Louisiana, Michigan, Oklahoma, and more—to ensure that those impacted by an unjust criminal legal system get a real opportunity to rejoin their communities and succeed.   Access to affordable housing makes it much more likely that someone returning home from incarceration will be able to receive support from their family, find a job, and avoid additional convictions.   By partnering with community-based advocates and other partners across the country, Vera is opening doors to housing for formerly incarcerated people.   Make a gift today and your impact will be doubled toward Vera's Opening Doors to Housing initiative and more. Help us reach our goal of $15,000 before our match ends on June 26. Send your matched gift now >> Thank you for being in this fight,  Vera Institute of Justice     Gifts made before 11:59 p.m. ET on Wednesday, June 26, will be matched until our $15,000 goal is met. © 2024 Vera Institute of Justice. All Rights Reserved.   Vera Institute of Justice 34 35th Street | Suite 4-2A | Brooklyn, NY 11232 (212) 334-1300   Privacy Statement | unsubscribe