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LA County Supervisors to vote on housing for former prisoners
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Apr 7, 2015
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LA County Supervisors to vote on housing for former prisoners
Housing is a basic necessity, but for prisoners returning to the outside world, access to affordable public housing can be a real challenge in Los Angeles.
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Housing is a basic necessity, but for prisoners returning to the outside world, access to affordable public housing can be a real challenge in Los Angeles.

A roof over one's head is a basic necessity for all of us. Yet for prisoners returning to the outside world, access to affordable public housing can be a real challenge in Los Angeles.

But this could soon change, thanks in part to a vote happening at the L.A. County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. 

Susan Burton, founder and Executive Director of A New Way of Life Re-entry Project, joins Take Two.