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Housing Notebook

Mon, Aug 2, 2021 20:00 PM

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Hosts: Scott Sommer and Vajra Kilgour
Topics:
  • The Fair Chance for Housing bill in the New York City Council (Intro #2047 - 2020) & other housing issues, including the impending end of the moratorium on evictions & problems with New York State's rental assistance program
Synopsis:

Fair Chance for Housing! New York State's laws prevent discrimination against people with criminal records in employment, but there are few or no protections for housing. Fellow producer & host (On the Count) Andre Ward, an activist with Fair Chance for Housing, joined Vajra Kilgour for a discussion of Intro #2047-2020, which would sharply limit the use of background checks to discriminate against people with criminal records, as well as of the history of racist discrimination that pervades both the criminal legal system & housing.

Meanwhile, with the national eviction moratorium about to expire, New York State's rental assistance program is plagued with delays & glitches. (For help in applying for rental assistance, click here.)

Housing Notebook is a production of Met Council on Housing, New York's oldest citywide tenant union.

Guests:
  • Andre Ward, Associate Vice President of the David Rothenberg Center for Public Policy & executive producer & co - host, with senior producer Harmony Hope, of On the Count on WBAI (10 AM Saturdays)
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