Idasinthidwa pa Epulo 10, 2024
9: 05 madzulo
Wolemba Nora McKeown
CLEVELAND - Ogwira ntchito ku nyumba yosungiramo nyumba ya ku Cleveland akuti mwini nyumbayo akunyalanyaza nyumbayo ndikuyika chitetezo cha anthu okhalamo, omwe ali ndi zaka zoposa 62 kapena olumala.
Anthu okhalamo akuti nkhawa yawo yayikulu ku St. Clair Place ndi chimango chosweka cha chitseko chakumbuyo chomwe chimalola anthu omwe sakhala pamenepo kulowa mnyumbamo.
"Ndikumva kuti ndili pachiwopsezo," atero a Marlo Burress, wokhala zaka 20. “Mukudziwa, sindikumva kukhala wotetezeka kuyenda m’maholo. Ndinkatha kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi. Ine sindimachita izo. Sindimakondanso kuziwoneranso, koma ndiyenera kutero. Anthu akugona m'makwerero athu. Sindingathe kukwera ndi kutsika masitepe chifukwa ndimaopa. Ndimaona kuti ndili pachiwopsezo kwambiri chifukwa akandiona ndili ndi oxygen imeneyi, amangoganiza kuti akhoza kundipezerapo mwayi.”
Ochita lendi omwe amakhala m'nyumba zopeza ndalama zochepazi nthawi zambiri ndi okalamba, olumala kapena ofooka - ndipo akuti akuda nkhawa ndi chitetezo chawo.
Malinga ndi Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, yemwe akuimira bungwe la St. Clair Place Tenant's Association, pakhala pali zochitika zolembedwa za anthu omwe sali okhalamo omwe amagwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo, kumwa mopitirira muyeso, komanso kuchita zachiwerewere m'nyumbayi.
Iwo akupempha eni nyumba, Owner's Management Company ndi St. Clair Place Cleveland, kuti ayankhe pa mikhalidwe imeneyi ndi kukonza zofunika.
Burress adati sakufuna kuchoka, koma sanamve kuti ali otetezeka m'gulu lake zaka zingapo zapitazi - makamaka chifukwa mavuto ake azachipatala akukulirakulira.
Anati ngati zinthu sizisintha, achoka ku Cleveland kupita kukakhala ndi mwana wake wamkazi ku Florida.
"Ndimangoganiza kuti nzosalungama kotero kuti sasamala ngati chitetezo chathu chili choyipa," adatero Burress. "Ndikutanthauza, zoopsa."
Tafika kwa eni nyumba kuti atifotokozere, koma sitinamve.
Komabe, poyankha ku khoti la nyumba ku Cleveland, maloya a mwininyumbayo anakana mlanduwo.
Oyimira milandu omwe ali ndi Legal Aid akuti tsopano pali tepi yochenjeza pafupi ndi khomo lakumbuyo ndipo chimango chikuwoneka chokhazikika, koma sanalankhulepo ndi oyang'anira katundu.
Ananenanso kuti madandaulo okhudzana ndi chitetezo m'malo mwa ochita lendi adaperekedwa koyamba mu Disembala 2023.
Mu Marichi 2024, adapempha thandizo mwadzidzidzi kuti akonze chitseko chakumbuyo ndi loko yake.
Tsopano akuyembekezera chigamulo chochokera ku Khothi Lanyumba la Cleveland - lomwe likuyembekezeka kubwera tsiku lililonse.
Chitsime: Spectrum News 1 - Opanga nyumba amadzutsa nkhawa zachitetezo ku St. Clair Place