Kei te hiahia awhina awhina ture? kia tīmataria

#MyLegalAidStory: Greg Jolivette


I whakairihia Oketopa 4, 2022
3: 58 pm


He maha nga keehi ka huri i te oranga o o kiritaki – engari kua mutu koe ki te whakaaro mo tetahi keehi kua rereke pea i a koe?

Neke atu i te tekau tau ki muri, he roia hou ahau e mahi ana i nga whakawa e pa ana ki nga pakihi, i taku whakatau Tangohia he keehi me te awhina Ture. I mahi tata ahau me tetahi roia matua i taku umanga ki te awhina i tetahi whanau e mate ana.

I hoki mai te whanau ki te kainga i tetahi ra ki te kimi raka i to ratou kuaha - me te panui na te kore utu o te pire wai, karekau te kainga e nohoia. I utua e te whanau ta ratou reti i runga i te waa me te katoa, engari kaore to ratou rangatira whenua o waho i te utu i te pire wai. Ko te whanau ohorere me omaoma ki te whakaaro i o raatau mahi ka whai ake - tae atu ki te toro atu ki te awhina Ture.

Ka kuhu mai a Legal Aid, ka whakawhiwhia te keehi ki a maua ko taku hoa mahi, ka tere tonu maua ki te mahi. He mea hou tenei momo keehi ki ahau, engari na te pai o nga tohutohu me nga tohutohu a taku hoa mahi, ka taea e au te mahi i nga mea kare ano au i mahi i mua. I whakahaerehia e ahau he haerenga ki te waahi me te uiui i aku kaihoko me etahi atu, i rangahau i te ture e tika ana, i tuhia he amuamu, me te whiriwhiringa me te hunga kino. Ki ahau nei, he waahi whakahihiri enei hei roia hou.

Ko te ahua kino o tenei whanau ka pehia ratou ki te kore kainga; engari, ka whiwhi ratou i tetahi kainga ka kitea he kainga hou hei nohoanga. He tino pai ki ahau te awhina i tenei whanau me te tino mahi i roto i o raatau oranga. Ko te mahi tūao me te Awhina Ture i whai waahi ahau ki te noho hei reo mo tenei whanau me te rapu tika mo ratou.

Mena kei te mataku koe ki Tangohia he keehi – me waiho tenei hei whakapumautanga e hiahia ana koe e whai hua ana – mo nga kiritaki e hiahia ana ki to awhina me te whai waahi ki te totoro i a koe ano. Ko nga mea katoa e pa ana ki tenei keehi i waho o taku waahi mahi tonu, engari hei roia kua whakangungua matou ki te ako. Ko taku mataku ki te tango i tetahi mea tauhou i nui ake i te whai waahi ki te ako i nga pukenga hou me te awhina i te hunga o to tatou hapori.

Mauruuru koe mo te tautoko i te awhina Ture - mo etahi atu korero mo te mahi tūao, pāwhiri i konei, imeera ranei probono@lasclev.org.

Greg Jolivette, Esq.
Kaiāwhina Kaitohutohu Matua, Sherwin-Williams

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