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The importance of stable housing to successful reentry cannot be underestimated. Studies from other jurisdictions have begun to confirm what anecdotal information in New Jersey strongly suggests: there is a direct connection between reentry and homelessness and between homelessness and recidivism. In light of the current lack of affordable housing stock in New Jersey, strategies to overcome the housing-related challenges reentering individuals face will require a range of elements, including the creation of more transitional housing options and encouraging both public housing authorities and private landlords to consider prospective tenants on a case-by-case basis (rather than adopting blanket exclusions).
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