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On the recordMarch 9, 2016
If you get into a family self-sufficiency program to raise your wages or a jobs program, you're going to lose your housing, that's not the right message either.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Warning against discouraging participation in self-sufficiency programs due to housing loss.

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