The Latest from Redemption Housing

The team at Redemption Housing has been keeping busy in 2016! Over the past few months we have been diligently sharing our vision to open a faith-based housing program for men coming out of incarceration in West Philadelphia. We incorporated in May, began to...

The Ancient Issue of Reentry

When the Israelites began their return from exile in Babylon to their native Jerusalem in the 6th century B.C., many of those who returned wept out of sorrow rather than joy. These men and women were overwhelmed by the fact that their homeland, Jerusalem, and the...

The Harsh Realities of Returning Citizens

Meet John, a lifelong Philadelphian. John completed his ten-year prison sentence last week, and with only the clothes on his back and a paper bag carrying his few personal belongings, John walked to the train station to purchase a ticket “home.” As a typical returning...

Top 5 Myths about Sex Offenders

As a society, we fear and despise those returning citizens who have been convicted of sexual offenses. We don’t want them near our schools or in our neighborhoods. Employers won’t offer them jobs, so they often find themselves living on the streets. Redemption Housing...