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Connecting formerly incarcerated individuals

Unearth your advantage.Transform for growth.

A fair-chance housing platform connecting returning citizens with landlords through verified profiles that highlight stability, rehabilitation, and real potential—not just past records.

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People who have served their sentence are still widely treated as permanently dangerous.

That assumption shuts returning citizens out of housing and community, even when they have accepted responsibility and done the work to rebuild their lives.

Unlock Housing creates a faster, fairer path into stable homes.

UnlockHousing is a rental marketplace that connects homeowners and returning citizens through a trusted intermediary, streamlines applications, and gives applicants room to share their story to reduce stigma and build confidence on both sides.

The data behind the housing gap

In interviews with formerly incarcerated people and their family members, nearly 8 out of 10 report being denied housing because of a criminal conviction, and access to affordable housing and livable wages are often listed among the top things that would have kept people out of prison in the first place.

According to the Re-Entry Program Manager at the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, 983 incarcerated individuals were not released on their parole date over one year because they lacked a home plan.

Two-thirds of people released who did not have stable housing were re-arrested within 12 months of release, compared with only one-quarter of those who did have housing. When ex-offenders have stable homes, they are less likely to be return users of expensive crisis services (such as emergency rooms) and less likely to return to prisons and jails.

Individuals Released Without Stable Housing

Individuals Released With Stable Housing