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Council member expresses concerns about CCHR's public education efforts
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Council Member Nantasha Williams raises concerns about CCHR's public education efforts, particularly regarding the Fair Chance Housing Act. She questions the agency's approach to informing the public about new housing protections.
- Williams notes CCHR's decision not to use subway ads for the Fair Chance Housing Act, unlike their approach for fair hiring
- She expresses doubt about CCHR's ability to provide robust public education without using high-visibility platforms like subway ads
- The council member emphasizes the importance of public awareness of new protections, especially for vulnerable groups like the formerly incarcerated
- Williams highlights the challenges of long wait times for complaints and the need for better public education to address these issues
Nantasha Williams
3:55:11
I don't know again, don't know if you were here when CCEHR spoke but with fair housing in comparison to what they did around fair hiring essentially, they had all of these ads and things.
3:55:27
They essentially said they they're not gonna have subway ads.
3:55:30
They said they will have a a campaign a public campaign apparatus but that they did not confirm that they're gonna have ads on subways which to me, not to say comparing apples to apples, but at the same time if you're not even gonna have ads in a place where millions of people travel, like I also questioned their ability to provide robust public education around new protections under the law specifically in housing.
3:56:02
So you talking about housing made me think about that.
3:56:04
I don't know if you heard them say that, but I you know, LEB is one, but like the public education is important too and I don't think that they have budgeted appropriately to push out information around fair housing and groups that deal with folks who are formerly incarcerated, people who really care about like affordable housing opportunities really should be raising the alarm about that because the worst thing that I see a lot of times is that people don't even know that these protections exist.
3:56:37
And then for the people that know when they complain, you know, you all have been testifying.
3:56:42
There's long waits and a bunch of other challenges.
3:56:44
So that's my homework and request for you all and thank you so much for your patience and being here today and look forward to working with you.