The National Housing Law Project (NHLP) will conduct a webinar providing an overview of its new Fair Chance Ordinances: An Advocate's Toolkit, on April 7 at 2:00 p.m. ET. The webinar will also offer perspectives from organizers and advocates on the ground in key jurisdictions that have recently enacted fair chance ordinances.
Fair Chance Ordinances: An Advocate's Toolkit provides a step-by-step guide to developing such a policy. The toolkit highlights key elements of a fair chance ordinance, including implementation and enforcement provisions, and it discusses various legal and practical considerations.
Organizers and advocates around the country are increasingly pressing local governments to adopt policies that increase housing access for people with criminal records by reducing the use of those records in the rental housing application process.
Presenters will be:
- Lisa Sitkin, senior staff attorney, NHLP
- John Jones III, director of community and political engagement, Just Cities
- Kim Gunning, attorney, Columbia Legal Services Institutions Project
The webinar is free and will be closed-captioned.
Register at: https://bit.ly/2WP4eQi