CLEVELAND, Ohio - Anthu okhala m'nyumba ina ya Cleveland akupempha eni nyumbayo kuti azikhala mopanda chitetezo.
Lachitatu, anthu okhala ku St. Clair Place pa East 13th Street ndi St. Clair Avenue adachita msonkhano wa atolankhani akuyitanitsa eni nyumba omwe amakhala ku Bedford Heights, Owner's Management Co., kuti atengere udindo pamavutowo. Nyumbayi ndi ya anthu omwe amalandila ndalama zochepa azaka 62 kupita mmwamba, komanso anthu olumala.
Bungwe la Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, bungwe lopanda phindu lomwe limapereka chithandizo chazamalamulo popanda mtengo kwa makasitomala omwe amapeza ndalama zochepa, adasumira Owner's Management ku Cleveland Municipal Court Housing Division mu Disembala m'malo mwa St. Clair Place Tenants' Association, yomwe idakhazikitsidwa mu 2022.
Dandauloli limatchula onse omwe ali mgulu la lendi ndi James Barker wokhala ngati odandaula.
Zina mwa zonenazo ndi zoti Owner's Management adabweza ndalama za lendi ndikulipiritsa chindapusa mochedwa kwa Barker ndi mamembala ena abungwe, ponena kuti "athamangitsidwa," pomwe ma leja adawonetsa kuti ali ndi mbiri yabwino ndi eni nyumba.
Dandaulo likunenanso kuti mwininyumbayo walephera kuthana ndi zinthu zauve. Zolembazo zimanena za lipoti la 2023 lopangidwa ndi a Cleveland Division of Police Bureau of Community Policing lomwe lidawona "fungo lamphamvu la mkodzo" pamakwerero komanso "madontho owoneka bwino a ndowe" pamatera.
Nkhani zina zomwe zanenedwa ndi khomo lopanda chitetezo, ogwira ntchito zachitetezo ochepa komanso makamera osagwira ntchito, komanso kuti anthu omwe sali okhalamo adalembedwa kuti akugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo m'makwerero, kumwa mowa mopitirira muyeso m'zipinda zosambira wamba za nyumbayi komanso kuchita zachiwerewere pothawa moto.
Owner's Management amakana zonenazo muyankho lomwe laperekedwa kukhothi. The Plain Dealer ndi cleveland.com adalumikizana ndi Owner's Management kuti apereke ndemanga.
M’bale Marlon Floyd, yemwe amakhala ku St.
"Chitetezo ndi maola asanu ndi atatu okha patsiku," adatero. “Zitseko za anthu zikukankhidwira mkati. Magalimoto akuthyoledwa. Anthu omwe akufuna kugwiritsa ntchito makina ochita masewera olimbitsa thupi sangathe kugwiritsa ntchito makina ochitira masewera olimbitsa thupi. Tili ndi mabafa omwe sitingagwiritse ntchito.
Floyd adawonjezeranso kuti amayesetsa kubweretsa chitetezo mnyumbayo pomwe anthu amabwera kwa iye kuti athane ndi anthu omwe alowa.
“Ngati wina agogoda pachitseko changa n’kunena kuti, ‘Marlon, munthu wina m’kholamo,’ ine ndimati, ‘Pansi pati?’ Ndipita ndikuwadzutsa. Nthawi zonse ndimadutsa zaka zisanu zotsatizanazi ndikudzutsa winawake kapena kumukakamiza kukwera. Ndiye ndimangochita zomwe ndimachita chifukwa ndimaona ngati sindichita, zifika poipa,” adatero.
Eni nyumbayo akunena patsamba lake kuti adadzipereka "kupititsa patsogolo miyoyo ndi miyoyo ya anthu akuluakulu, olumala komanso mabanja ambiri," atero a Lauren Hamilton, loya wa Legal Aid Society. "Ndipo tikungowapempha kuti azitsatira kudzipereka kumeneku. Ena mwa okhala kuno ndi ena mwa omwe ali pachiwopsezo kwambiri pakati pathu ndipo akuyenera kukhala m'nyumba zotetezeka, komanso zabwino. ”
Owner's Management ali ndi zipinda 17 kudutsa Ohio, Connecticut, Delaware, Michigan ndi New York. Zambiri mwazinthu zake zili ku Ohio. Kuphatikiza pa St. Clair Place, ili ndi Regency Apartments ku Parma, Presidential Apartments ku Rocky River, Westwood Place ku Strongsville ndi ena.