Philly should create a jails-to-housing pipeline to mitigate impact of C-19
Providing housing to people accused or convicted of committing crimes is seldom a rallying cry of political campaigns, and returning citizens often struggle with housing in Philadelphia. Yet linking the few dozen people released from Philadelphia’s jails each day with housing amidst COVID-19 will help maintain public health while better positioning our educational and commercial economies in the long term. To protect everyone, we need to create a jails-to-housing pipeline.
