Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The City of Dallas has launched a community survey aimed at better understanding how those pesky fines and other financial penalties, meant to create local revenue, impact residents.
It’s part an overall national effort to create meaningful fine and fee reforms that work better for people and for government.
According to a press release, “This work is part of a growing national movement recognizing the disproportionate fines and fees have on people of color and people who are struggling to make ends meet. For residents living on low incomes, a cascade of consequences sets in when they cannot pay: their debt can grow, their driver’s license can be suspended, their credit score goes down, and their employment and economic mobility opportunities are diminished.
The survey asks a series of 13 questions like, ‘What types of fines you have received over the past 5 years? and ‘How did imposed fines or fees affect you finances?’
See the survey which will be active through December 19th here.
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