>> Announcer: CHICAGO TONIGHT "BLACK VOICES" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PARTkF FIFTH THIRD BANK.

AND BY THE SUPPORT OF --w,t >>> AT FIFTH THIRD WE BELIEVE WHEN DIVERSE HEARDS AND EMPOWERED COMMUNITIES ARE MADE STRONGER AND THE FUTURE HOLDS GREATER PROMISE FOR ALL.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE PROUD TO SUPPORT CHICAGO TONIGHT BLACK VOICES TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

TOGETHER WE CAN DRIVE CHANGE.

>>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "CHI#&TONIGHT BLACK VOICES" I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR NIGHT WITH US.

CHICAGO SCHOOL STUDENTS WENT BACK TO SCHOOL THIS WEEK BUT WE HAVE FEW BLACK MEN AT THE HEAD OF THE CLASSROOM.

HEAR ABOUT AN EFFORT TO,,hç& CHANGE THAT.

THE CHILD ú7Y TRIAL OF R. KELLY IN CHICAGO.

A LOOK AT THE WITNESS TESTIMONY SO FAR AND WHAT'S NEXT.

>>> WITH RENTS SKYROCKETING AND A COMPETITIVE HOUSING MARKET, RENTAL SCAMS ARE ON THE RISE.

WE TALK ABOUT HOW TO AVOID GETTING TAKEN IN.

AND WE OFTEN HEAR ABOUT THEaofx HISTORIC PULLMAN PORTERS WHO WORKED THE COUNTRY'S RAILROADS BUT A NEW EXHIBITn#w6ñ EXPLORES IT.%m >>> FIRST UP TONIGHT FOR CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT'S POSSIBLE TO GO FROMy SCHOOL AND NEVER HAVE MAN AS A TEACHER.

ACCORDING TO CPS DATA FEWER THAN 4% OF TEACHERS ARE BLACK MEN AND IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH 36% OF STUDENTS ARE BLACK, THAT IS A STRIKINGWN@éB IMBALANCE.

NATIONWIDE, THE FIGURE IS EVEN LOWER JUST 2%.&!

LAST úFck, THREE CHICAGO HIGH SCHOOLS INSTUTITED A PILOT9w█> PROGRAM TO ADDRESS THAT IMBALANCE.

THE INTRO TO URBAN CURRICULUM IS DESIGNED TOA>píf ENCOURAGE YOUNG BLACK AND LATINO MEN TO ENVISION THEMSELVES AT THE HEAD OF THE CLASS.$$2Yq JOINING US WITH MORE ON HOWg?çt IT WORKSó5█PÑ ARE MILA KOUMPILOA WHO REPORT AT THE PILOT PROGRAM FOR CHILD BEAT DESTROY.

ARAVIERE HEAD OFy THE CHICAGO pRINCIPALS ANDy ADMINISTRATORS ASSOCIATION$R.Nñ, AND IONA CALHOUN-BATTISTE.y9ññnñ IONA CALHOUN-BATTISTE LET'S START WITH YOU, PLEASE WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE BLACK MEN AT THE HEAD OF CHICAGO'S CLASSROOMS PARTICULARLY FOR YOUNG BLACK STUDENTS, FOR BLACK BOYS?

;Yz >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IT'S PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT FOR A YOUNG BLACK MALES TO SEE THEMSELVES.

SEE THEMSELVES REFLECTED IN THE EVERYDAY TEACHINGS AND LEARNING SO THAT THEY CAN FEEL MORE EMPOWERED, ALIGNED AND WELCOMED INTO ACTUAL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.

WHAT WE'VE SEEN AND WHAT WE KNOWG D█]█ IS THAT HISTORICALLY █ BLACK MALEá]Nbó, THAT HAVE BEEN TAKING THE ROLE OF Iox█G AN EDUCATOR REALLY STEPPING INTO THEñ3.

á TO ?wÑVIDE THAT ROLE MODEL, AND, YOU KNOW,n INSPIRATIONÑN5"C HOPE TO OUR YOUNG BLACK AND LATINO BOYS IN OUR SCHOOLS.

SO IT IS REALLY CRITICAL AND THAT IS REALLY WHY WE CREATED THIS INTRO TO URBAN EDUCATION CURRICULUM0%;:P█ WHICH TO BUILDT?x;ç SOMEAO SELF-AWARENESS, IDENTITY, ANDEoDah MAKING SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS FEEL COMFORTABLE AND WELCOMING TO YOUNG BLACK MALES.

WE KNOW ALL OF/ TO POSITIVE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOME.

>> OF COURSE.

IS PART OF THIS PILOT PROGRAM.A WHY HE JOINED THE PROGRAM?

SURE.Ñ I MET KALIEL AT HIGH SCHOOL WHERE THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF STUDENTS ARE BLACK AND4V<Y÷ LOW INCOME.

HE WAS ONE OF THE STUDENTS IN THE INTRO TO URBAN EDUCATION CLASS THERE.

HE WAS SOMEBODY WHO HAD GONE INTO THE CLASS FEELING THAT A CAREER IN EDUCATION MIGHT REALLY BE FOR.H█é)s AND HE SPOKE ABOUT THE IMPACTS THAT THEí&cE; TWO BLACK MALE TEACHERS HE HAD DURING HIS TIME IN C.P.S.

HAD HAD ON HIM.

HE WAS REALLY ABLE TO CONNECT WITH HIM AND THE SENSE THAT THEY SAW HIM AND UNDERSTOOD HIM MORE FULLY THAN OTHER EDUCATORSñZIcZ█ COULD >> TROY LARAVIERE, WHY DON'T WE SEE MORE@ór3g MALE TEACHERS?

>> I LOVE THESE PROGRAMS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT I PREFER TO LOOK AT IT FROM A ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS.

IT'S LIKE LOOK AT-X=v A COOPERATION WITH AN EPIDEMIC 7&7$ç SEXUAL HARASSMENT WITHOUT SEEING WHY THERE WAS NOT MORE WOMEN.

THERE'S AN EPIDEMIC OFS6█ SYSTEMATIC RACISM IN C.P.S.

WEEDING OUT HAVING A PROGRAM TO WEED>vá UNTIL IT WASRS EXPOSED AND THEY HAD TO GET RID OF IT.

THEY CREATED A PROGRAM SIMILAR TO THAT TO WEED OUT [LACK AND LATINO PRINCIPALS( THAT STILL KPESTS TODAY CALLED THEWRíU█ PRINCIPAL ELIGIBLITY POLICY.

YOU LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE IN INVESTMENT AND CURRICULU WHERE STUDENTS ARE MAJORITYç4ZA OF WHITES VERSUS WHAT CURRICULUM AND INVESTMENTS AREM██ IN SCHOOLS THAT ARE ATTENDED BY BLACK STUDENTS.

LOOK AT HARRIET TUBMAN SCHOOL AND WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE BLACK PRINCIPALS RIGHT NOW VERSUS WHATíúíBJ C.P.. DID THE WHITE PRINCIPAL AT JONES.

AT JONES THEY DID WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO AND HANDLED IT PROPERLY.

THEY HANDLED6HCJ&BLACKñ(t]( SO FROMT GUILTY.

<Z A STUDENT AND I SEE, THIS I EXPERIENCE>LIói THISLñúnñ INEQUITY IN CURRICULUM.

XLUç SEE HOW BLACK MEN AND BLACK WOMEN ARE TREATED WHEN THEY BECOMEim'3 EDUCATED BY THIS INDUSTRY.

>> OF COURSE, YOU KNOW BEFORE YOU MOVED OVER CHICAGO PRINCIPALS ANDED A POWERS ASSOCIATION YOU WERE A:w ñ PRINCIPAL SCPECH TEAR.

WHAT MADE YOU TO WANT TO GET INTO THE TEACHING PROFESSION AT THE TIME THAT YOU DID?

MY GIRLFRIEND WHO IS NOW MY WIFE AND MOTHER OF MY SON.Q:;/ I WAS IN THE NAVY I DIDN'T WANT TO DO COLLEGE.

I THE DIDN'T WANT t3██ DO ANYTHING ANYTHING NOTHING.

WRITE HAD TO GO TO COLLEGE.

MY GIRLFRIEND WHO WENT DO WHITNEY YOUNG WHO WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE NAVY SHE MADE ME GO TO COLLEGE.

THEN I READ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X I ALMOST DIDN'T GO TO COLLEGE.

WHAT WAS IT ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE ATc,tZá C.P.S.

THAT MADE ME HAVE SUCH A LOW ASSESSMENT OF MYSELF.

HERE I AM WITH STRAIGHT As AT THE UNIVERSITY OFNéhX ILLINOIS THOUGHT I WOULD FAIL OUT.

WHAT IS IT ABOUT C.P.S.

THAT GAVE ME THEY WILL ASSESSMENR█ OF MYSELF.

SO I DECIDED TO BECOME A TEACHER SO I COULD GO INTO C.P.S.

AND CHANGE IT FOR OTHER STUDENTS WHO DIDN'T HAVE THE MARGARET, THAT'S MY WIFE'S NAME, MARGARET, THAT HE.

THEN I REALIZE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT TEACHERS THERE'S A SYSTEMATIC THING HAPPENING HERE THAT I HAD TO ADDRESS WHICH IS WHY I EVENTUALLY TOOK THE PATH THAT LED ME TO THE PRESIDENCY OF THIS ASSOCIATION.

>> OKAY, SO, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE SUCCESS STORY.

NOT EVERY STUDENT IS GOING TO HAVE THAT.

IONA, WILL YOU GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT THE INTRO TO URBAN EDUCATION CURRICULUM LOOKSX SURE, IT'S CONSISTENTS OF EIGHT UNITS.

LET ME JUST GO BACK AND SAY THAT THIS CURRICULUM WAS CREATED BY ADMINISTRATORS, EDUCATORS,éñ v COMMUNITY PARTNERS, INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE EXPERTISE IN EDUCATION.

SO THIS CURRICULUM IS BROKEN INTO EIGHT DIFFERENT0÷ UNITS IN WHICH IT TAKES STUDENTS THROUGH GENERAL UNDERSTANDING OF WHO THEY ARE, THEIR HISTORY, BACKGROUND CONTENT'Ñ;x.

AND UNDERSTANDING OF CHICAGO.

UNDERSTANDING OF CHICAGO COMMUNITIES AND jÑ THEN VERY SPECIFICALLY GOES INTO UNDERSTANDING█zS THE SCHOOL wASTEM AND SCHOOLí ENVIRONMENT.

HOW ONE IS ABLE TO USE KNOWLEDGE TO EXECUTE POWER, paHQTC.IRES.1ñ OTHERS, REALLY THE BEST THING ABOUT THIS CURRICULUM THAT I FIND IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY FUN THIS YEAR IS THAT YOUNG MEN ARE GOING TO BE ABLEjF6;T TO STEWARD AND HAVE AND RUN THEIR OWN CLASSROOMS FOR AT LEAST TWO TO THREE3ígk WEEKS THIS YEAR.

SO WE'RE REALLYaÑkI÷ EXCITED IN SEEING THOSE THAT WANT TO STEP UP TO THE CHALLENGE AND HOW THEY, -- AND HOW THEY FEEL BEFORE THEY INSTRUCT A CLASSROOM OF YOUNGER!Xíç PEERS.

AND THEN THEY HOW THEY FEEL AFTERWARDS.

IT WILL REALLY BE TELLING TO US.

>> A LITTLE BIT OF EARLz STUDENT TEACHING IT SOUNDS LIKE.

MILA, HOW DID THE PANDEMIC UNDERSCORE THE NEED FORo MORE BLACK MALE TEACHERS?

>> WE HAVE DONE QUITE A BIT OF RESORTING OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS ON THE PANDEMI#j2Ñm DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT BLACK AND LATINO BOYS AND YOUNG MEN, REALLY WIDENING DISPARITIES IN ATTENDANCE, GRADES, COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, AND OTHER OUTCOMES THAT WERET ALREADY SOME OF THE WIDEST HISTORICALLY BOTH HERE IN CHICAGO AND NATIONALLY.

SO, WEat REPORTING TRY TO FOLLOWING UP AND REALLY LOOK AT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE SOLUTIONS.

WHAT ARE WAYS SYSTEMS CANujtr ADDRESS THIS DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT AND THIS IDEA OF BRINGING IN MORE MALE TEACHERS OF COLOR AND REALLY STEPPING UP EFFOeBdj IT WASFú5#sLLY COMING UP AGAIN AN(dEUkE2 >>ryyP█ IONA, WHAT CANIo19H SCHO FOR THEIR BLACK STUDENTS NOW THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO SEE TEACHING AS A FUTURE POSSIBILITY FOR THEM?

THINK ABOUT THE SYSTEM AND THE ENVIRONMENT INWoM█ WHICH THEY'RE CREATING.

?z;z MAKING SURE -- MAKING SURE zSzéRñ YOUNG BLACK MALES THAT HAVEQñ ROLE MODELSáGç THERE IN THE SCHOOLS AND SEE THEMSELVES.

HAVING AN OPPORTUNITYgEbRñ FOR MALES,K#÷ MALES OF COLOR TO TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE9Tmm HAPPENING IN THEIR COMMUNITY THEN SHOWING THEM THE PATHWAYS FORWARD.

EVERYONE IS NOT GOING TO BEEN ADD INDICATOR AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT.

-- ANc>ç EDUCATEDOR AND WE PATHác$m[█ BUT EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A dohS GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOLFUL WE HOPE THAT FORW OURs CURRICULUM DOESá >> TROY1ñ THAT., WEIEs HAVE 30 .

WHAT ROLES DO PRINCIPALS PLAY[r&█ IN HIRING TEACHERS HOW CAN PRINCIPALS HELP WITH RECRUITING MORE?

>> I.h.$fó>çTHINKS THAT puaQóp)S PLAYp<' f(PL@ KEY/z- KEY ROLE IN HIRING TEACHERS AND%N%z THEY HAVE TO CAST A BROAD NET.jfbUT PRIåFeF=Zá.

]]a%2 QUOTASa/?wY HAVE TOáHé.█ GET℠hzD POLITICAL LEADERSHIP THAT CREAv INEQUITIES THAT @ZuY HAVE TO WORK AGAINST.

THESE FOLKS WEE[0kx WANT THESEa+wh,z1h2[ v'█QUITIES GONE.é BOARD, ANDÑ=Ay█ A C.E.O.

THATR1x ACTUALLY BELIEVES IN BLACK >> OKAY, A LOT OF WORK TO DO.î█ MY THANKS TO THE THREE OF YOU FOR JOINING US MILA KOUMPILOVA, IONA CALHOUN-BATTISTE, AND TROY LARAVIERE, THANK YOU.0 >> THANK YOU.

>> THANKS.á.Rs o FROM THET DETAILS COURTROOM OF R. KELLY'S CHICAGO TRIAL.

STAY WITH US.

>>> TEARFUL WITNESS SYSTEM, SEXUALLY GRAPHIC VIDEO EVIDENCE, AND ACCUSATIONS OF LIES AND EXTORTION.H█2 THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE EVENTS OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS IN A FEDERAL CHILD PORNOGRAPHY3UV(!P%78o TRIAL OF .

KELLY.

WTTW NEWS REPORTER MATT MASTERSON HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE INDICATEF NOW WITH MORE.

JOINS US MATT, -- THE CASE AND JOINS US WITH MORE.

MATT WELCOME BAgD/fh WHAT IS KELLY ON' HE IS FACING DOZEN CHARGES OF PRODUCINGgOézNCñ AND PRODUCIG CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND CONSPIRACY TO OBJECT STRUCT JUSTICE.

PROSECUTORS HAVE ALLEGED THAT HE PRODUCED MULTIPLE SEXUALLY GRAPHIC VHS TAPES WITH A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN 1990, THEN ALLEGEDLY WORKED WITH HIS CO-DEFENDANTS TO KEEP THOSE VIDEOS CONCEAL FROM THE PUBLIC AND KEEP THAT MINOR VICTIM AWAY FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT SO SHEf COULDN'T TESTIFY DURING KELLY'S PREVIOUS TRIAL ON SIMILAR CHARGES HERE IN COOK COUNTY IN 2008 WHERE HE WAS ACQUITTED.

>> THIS TRIAL JUST WRAPPED ITS SECOND WEEK.

WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR KEY TAKE AWAYS.

>> PROSECUTION KEYw>ÑQITNESS HAS BEEN J&CTIM.

]a!Ñç SHE'S NOW AD 37-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WHO IS TESTIFYING UNDER THE PSEUDONYM.énUi OF JAN. SHE'S TOLD JURORS DURING FIRST WEEK ABOUT HOW KELLY SEXUALLY ABUSED HER HUNDREDS OF TIMES WHILE SHE WAS A MINOR REALLY KEPT HER UNDER HIS CONTROL FOR MANY, MANY;87%W YEARS.#Aá=B PORTIONS OF THOSE TAPES SHOWING KELLY'S ALLEGED SEXUAL ABUSE OF THAT GIRL.

JANE'S MOTHER TESTIFIED THAT FROM KELLY AND AND FEARED FOR THEIR SAFETY HIS ASSOCIATES IF THEY WERE TO GO PUBLIC ABOUT THEIR DAUGHTER'S ALLEGED ABUSE.óy?7Ñ THIS PAST WEEK█P█r HEARD FROM THEjá+v FORMER ASSOCIATE OF KELLY'S WHO TESTIFIED THAT= HED BY KELLY AND HIS TEAM TO IMLIST IT VHS TAPES WHEN ITvA WENT WHEN IT WENT MISSING AND AN ALLEGED GIRLFRIEND WHO TOOK THE TAPES FROM KELLY FEARED SHE COULD BE KILLED AS SHE WORKED WITH KELLY'S TEAM TO TRY TO GET THOSE TAPES BACK.

>> WOW.

WE KNOW THAT HE HAD A RECENT CONVICTION IN NEW YORK WHERE-dtz A FEDERAL JURY FOUND HIM GUILTY LAST YEAR ON NINE COUNTS OF SEX TRAFFICKING AND RACKETEERING.

REMIND US HOW THIS TRIAL IS DIFFERENT FROM THAT ONE?C[s/Om++ IN THE NEW YORK CASE KELLY WAS CONVICTED OFxñ?

USING HIS FAME TO RECRUIT UNDERAGE GIRLS TO ENGAGE INj)?Fy ILLEGAL VIDEOTAPES AND HIS WORK TOX PRODUCTION OF THESE SPECIFIC ÷█ TRY TO CONCEAL THOSE AND OBSTRUCT JUSTICE DURING THAT4ñ 2008 TRIAL.

THIS, WHERE HE WAS KEEP█c█/ C@áñ-FhBKKá█ TEç >> OKAY.

SO DO WEyQDt█ KNOW ABOUT HOW MUH LONGER WE THINK THIS TRIAL TO LAST ABOUT A█ >> Sk ?TH.

SO THROUGHz:H TWOwGHk u@'rtó[U█T ABOUT HALFWAY POINT.

AS FOR WHAT'S NEXT,.?

n█ PROSECUTORSX&fTILL PO CALL(P1yQ) ALLEGED VICTIMS █4 SAY THEY WERE SEXUALLY ABUSED BY;,>mu KELLY WHILE THEY WEREX█ MINORS AS WELL AS MANY YEARS AGO.

WE STILL YET TO HEAR FROM ANY DEFENSE WITNESSES.

THE DEFENSE FOR McDAVID,;O'4Ñ KELLY AND BROWN ARE ALL EXPECTED TO TAKE WITNESSES AND McDAVID MAY TAKE THE- wí WITNESS STAND.e[5mx >> MATT MASTERSON.

THANK YOU.

>>> YOU CAN CATCH UP ON MATT'S COVERAGE OF THE R. KELLY TRIAL ON OUR WEBSITE THAT'S WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>>> UP NEXT, WHAT TO WATCH FOR WHEN IT COMES TO RENTAL SCAMS.

STAY WITH US.

>>> A TIGHT HOUSIN/qhf$ MARKET AND RISING INTEREST RATES ARE SHUTTINGQ%á5 OUT MANY WOULD-BE HOME BUYERS THAT'S PUT THE SQUEEZE ONs&3r█ CHICAGOS RENTAL MARK.

ACCORDING TO CITY DATA, 60% OF CHICAGOANS LIVE INJ1áuv RENTL )ROPERTIES.R A REPORT FINDS THE é gO@N RENT FOR ONE BEDROOM APARTMENTS IN CHICAGO IS UN8%W5w SINCE -- IS UP 8% SINCE JANUARY.

COMPETITION FOR APARTMENTS IS INTENGS LEAVING THE CITY'SR$Nñ RENTERS WHICH INCLUDES MANY BLACK CHICAGOANS AS VULNERABLE TARGETS FOR SCAMMERS AND SHADY LANDLORDS.

HERE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT TO LOOK OUTÑKKzy FOR ARE DENNIS HORTON OF THE CHICAGO BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU, AND MICHELLE GILBERT OF THE LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR BETTER HOUSING.

THANKS TO YOU BOTH FOR JOINING USjéáZ÷P].

DENNIS HORTON LET'S START WITH YOU WHAT ARE SOME COMMON SCAMS THAT MIGHT ENCOUNTER RIGHT NOW?

WELLú IS PEOPLE WILL GO ON-LINE AND THAT BEHIND THEY THINK IS THE PERFECT)8tU APARTMENT PROPERTY FOR THEM.

THEY'LL TAKE GREAT PICTURES AND GET A AMENITIES AND LOW RENTS.

THAT'S WHERE THE TROUBLE BEGINS.÷%í >> WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT THEY SEE THESE THURSDAY THE SCAM WHATn:TVy DO THEY RUN INTO?

THEY SEE THE PICTURES THEY SEE THE SCAMS AND TALK TO THEi]qG:GjJ51" NEVER ACTUALLY WILL MEET AND BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER THAN USUALLY THROUGH E-MAILS OR TEXT MESSAGES AND THEN, THEY'RE ASKEDJ█ TO COMPLETE AN APPLICATION.

PAY THE DEPOSIT FIRST MONTH'S RENT AND THEN THEY DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND THEY NEVER HEAR FROM THAT LANDLORD AGAIN.

>> AND IT TURNS OUT THE ALLEGED LANDLORD WAS MASQUERADING BASICALLY AS SOMEONE WHO HAD THE RIGHTS AND OWNERSHIP TO RENT THAT APARTMENT WHICH IS ACTUALLY NOT EVEN THEIRS.

MIGUEL█Ji█ GILBERT WHO IS --S#Jç MICHELLE GILBERT WHO+OÑJU IS MOT VULNERABQyn PERSONAL PEOPLE WHO ARE WHEN WE HAVE LITIGATED THESEG HOUSING.

CASES WHEREó[&K█ SOMEONE CALLS HIM OR HERSELF OUT TO BE AN#zy&x AGENT FOR THE LANDLORD AND SOMETIMES EVEN HAS KEYS, ALLOWS THEc4÷D TENANT TO MOVE.

IN THE TENANT WILL9Zx PAY RENT AND BEFORE THEY KNOW IT THEY'RE GETTING A NOTICE THAT THE PERSON THEY'VE BEEN DEALING WITHú>@k AGENT FOR THE PROPERTY AND THEN THEY'RE]=w'[ FORCED OUT OF THE=aD2Ñ█ PROPERTY FORCED TO BE EVICTED IN÷;t(G COURSE, IT HT AS YOU SAID BECAUSE THEeIci RENTAL MARKET IS SO TIGHT RIGHT NOW.

>> DENNIS H6ñ, WHAT RESPONSIBILITY DO OWNERS HAVE THOUGH, TO PERPETRATED USG THEIR PROPERTIES.

IS THERE ANYTHING THEY CAN DO?

WELLcd, THEY SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE CHECKINGB.J R9 THEIR PROPERTIES AREN'T BEINGy6"B█ POSTED WITHOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE.

THAT'S WHEN PEOPLE GO TO ON-LINE4#I-█ METHODS TO FIND PROPERTIES THEY DON'T KNOW& THAT THE ONE THAT'S BEING POSTED THERE ISN'T LEGITIMATE.

>> MICHELLE, WHAT=pT OF THE MOST COMMON COMPLAINTS ABOUT LANDLORDS YOU SEE IN YOUR WORK?

>> WELL, OF COURSE, WE TALK TO A LOT OF TENANTSA0VNN WHO ARE HAVING PROBLEMS GETTING CONDITIONSw I,F IS A LOT OF INFORMATION OUT THERE.

TENANTS HAVE SOME PRETTY4;!Q GOOD RIGHTS HERE IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND ALSO IN SUBURBAN COOK.

CHICAGO HAS HAD A LANDLORD TENANT ORDINANCE FOR QUITE A WHILE AND MOST PEOPLE ARE AWAREQíz OF IT.

BUT SUBURBAN ORDINANCE PASSED A YEAR AGO PROBABLY PEOPLE ARE LESS FAMILIAR.

BUT TENANTS DO HAVEs<sZ1 RIGHTS.

WE SHARED SOME RESOURCES$+4 THAT WILL BE POSTED ON THIS WEBSITE WITH PLACES WHERE÷+ TENANTS CAN TURN TO LEARN THOSE RIGHTS FROM THE CITY OR COUNTY GOVERNMENT, OUR OFFICE, ALSO, IF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT APARTMENTS, OF COURSE, WE HAVE TOuJ , FOLLOW THE OLD RULES THAT OUR GRANDMOTHERS TAUGHT US.

THAT IF SOMETHING SEEMS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE IT PROBABLY IS.

SO, YOU÷X% GUT IF YOU THINK THAT THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.

BUT THERE ARE PLACES TO"(█ VERIFY ASyx█ WELL.b Ñ COOK COUNTY TAX PORTAL CAN BE SEARCHED WITHG9çñ!JUST AN ADDRESS.

AND A TENANT CAN CHECK TO SEE WHETHER THE NAME THAT THE COUNTY HAS LISTED IS THE SAME NAME AS THE PERSON THAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH.3r Ñ THEY SHOULDN'T BE AFRAID TO ASK QUESTIONS.

>> DENNIS, WHAT'S YOUR ADVICE FOR HOW TO AVOID THESE SCAMS?ññ >> ONE THING TO DO IS WHEN YOU'RE ASKED TO PAY THOSE DEPOSITS THAT IF YOU'RE ASKED TOz3,çG PAY THROUGH AN ON-LINE APPM,SH ARE DEALING WITH A SCAMMER.

ALSO, MAKEqf";y SURE THAT YOU AS A!

ON-LINE FOR THAT ADDRESS.

THAT YOU SEARCH ON-LINE FORWI57l THAT ADDRESS AND ITg÷w AGAIN YOU IT'S BEING USED AS A SCAM PROPERTY.

MAKE SURE THAT YOU GO SEE THE PROPERTY IN PERSON.

YOU DON'T WANT TO JUST3?

!Rs TAKE THE WORD OF SOMEONE WHOo0o HAVEN'T ACA/5+XY MET.

BECAUSE VERY OFTENo5we?íQ?

THESE PURPORTED LANDLORDS GIVE YOU AN EXCUSE FOR WHY THEY CAN'T MEET WITH YOU.

THAT THEY'RE OUT OF TOWN, OR THAT THE PROPERTY HAS SEVERAL DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR THIS PROPERTY.

SO YOU NEED TO HOP ON IT RIGHT NOW OR YOU ARE GOING TO LOSE OUT.

MAKE SURE YOU ARE BEING PROACTIVE AND GOING AND SEEING THE PROPERTY AND THAT YOU KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND SOMEONE OPENS THAT DOOR AND SAYS IT'S NOT FOR RENT THEN POSSIBLY MONEY.

>> MICHELLE WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE FOR TENANTS WHO LOOKING FOR HOUSING AND THEY MIGHT HAVE EVIBS ON THEIR ( -- EVICTIONS ON THEIR RECORD.

ñ.

THANK YOUC ASKING THAT QUESTION.

FIRST OF ALL I WOULD CAUTION LANDLORDS NOT TO RELY ON THE FACT THAT AN EVICTION WAS FILED.

A LOT OFe-5.

TIMES IN FACT WE KNOW THAT IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO 40% OF ALL EVICTIONS DO NOT RESULT IN JUDGMENTS AGAINST THE TENANT.

IN FACT, WE KNOW"[ E OF THE RACIAL IMPACT OFG EVICTION, THAT IF A LANDLORD DENIES SOMEONE A HOUSE JUST BECAUSE A CASE WAS FILED THEY'RE PROBABLY ACTING ILLEGALLY AND AGAINST FAIR HOUSING.

FOR A TENANT CHECK YOUR -- CHECK THE PUBLIC RECORD OF CASE FILINGS.

WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK ON SEALING OLD EVICTION RECORDS.

IT'S SAD HOW MANY CASES WE FIND WHERE THE TENANT ISN'T AWARE OF THE OLD EVICTION RECORD UNTIL A CREDIT REPORT IS RUN.

THEY HAVE WASTED THEgZ%:> MONEY FORnS/j THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO GET THE HOUSING.

SO;2fjTy YOUR CREDIT.

CHECK THE PUBLIC'y'f█ ACCESS.

YOU MAY BE ELIGIBLE TO HAVE THATwz7 RECORD SEALED.

YOU CAN CONTACT US AGAIN AGAIN THE CONTACT INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE.

FINALLY, I WOULD ENCOURAGE POLICYMAKERS WE KNOW THAT THESE OLD EVICTION RECORDS MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TOLñ; STABLE HOUSING.

WE KNOW IT IS AN ISSUE THd IMPACTS ON THE BASISH2S9 OF RACE.

PEOPLE WHOwm!ARE ABOUT HOUSE ABOUT"+=- ACHIEVING RACIAL JUSTICE NEED TOC$' ADDRESS THE ISSUEXrl THESE OL[qG<4UdER THE JUDGES THH ADMINIST:Og]nD ORDERS OR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BY ADDRESSING THE EVICTION.

>> SOMETHING TO BE TAKEN UP BY OFFICIALS MORE SO THAN LANDLORDS ANDéBk█ RENTERS R HOMEOWNERS.

WE'LL HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE.

MY THANKS TO DENNIS HORTON ANDwSlÑa JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

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INSIDE A NEW EXHIBIT EXPLORING THEIR STORIES.Ks!

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