The Know-Your-Rights mural in Richmond, California, includes pointers on rent control, just cause eviction, and fair chance housing, in both English and Spanish. The mural was designed and created in 2017 by Evan Bissell of the Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley, and Sasha Graham of Staying Power, a Richmond art, culture, and policy fellowship program for people affected by housing instability.
A portion of the mural focuses on mass incarceration. Richmond has a particularly high proportion of residents who have been incarcerated, making protections to their access to housing especially important.
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For this reason, a section of the mural informs tenants of their rights under the local fair chance housing law, which protects formerly incarcerated people who are seeking housing. It sets boundaries around when affordable housing providers can ask for their records and which offenses can be taken into consideration. Multiple cities, including Richmond and others in the Bay Area, have passed such ordinances in recent years.
The mural can be viewed at 23rd Street and Ohio Avenue in Richmond, California.
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