Kuchokera ku Cleveland Scene: Anthu Okhala Panyumba ya St. Clair Place Ati Eni Nyumba Alola Kuti Nyumbayo Igwe Pakuwonongeka Koopsa

Zinali pafupifupi chaka chimodzi ndi theka kuti abwere kwa Marlon Floyd ku St. Clair Place, nyumba ya 200 ya anthu okalamba ndi olumala, pamene adazindikira kusalinganika bwino.

Wowotchera wopuma pantchito wazaka zapakati pa sikisite, Floyd adayamba kulemba mndandanda wamadandaulo ndi zoopsa. Ndalama zochedwa za renti yophonya zidawunjikana renti italipidwa. Mipando inaonekera m’chipinda chochezeramo, kenaka sichinawonekere. Utsogoleri unazimitsa kutentha m'nyengo yozizira.

"Ndipo mukuganiza kuti chinachitika ndi chiyani? Boom, boom, boom, "Floyd, 67, adatero atakhala pampando m'chipinda cholandirira alendo ku St. Clair Place. "Inaphulitsa ma valve onse. Madzi anali atatha pafupifupi miyezi itatu."

Mu 2019, Floyd adalumikizana ndi maloya ku Luthandizira Zalamulo, atangothandiza kupanga, ndiyeno mtsogoleri, St. Clair Place Tenants Association. Atayesa kuyanjanitsa nkhawa za chitetezo ndi chisokonezo chobwereketsa ndi eni nyumba, Owner's Management Co. ndi St. Clair Place Cleveland, Ltd., Floyd ndi wobwereka wina December watha adasumira madandaulo ku Cleveland Housing Court ponena kuti oyang'anira akuphwanya malamulo a Gawo 8 la nyumba. ndi dipatimenti yoona za nyumba ndi chitukuko cha m'matauni.

Lachitatu masana, Floyd, maloya asanu ku Legal Aid ndi kuwaza kwa alendi amiffed anasonkhana pakona ya East 13th ndi St. Clair Avenue kuti, kachiwiri, kuyesa kuti eni nyumba awo aziyankha mlandu kwa zaka zosagwira ntchito. Kapena ngati chizindikiro chakuti Floyd mwiniwakeyo adayimilira makina osindikizira pafupi ndi magalimoto odutsa amaika mophweka: "Tikufuna Nyumba Zotetezeka."

City Hall pakali pano ikuyesera kuwongolera malamulo ake a nyumba kuti alepheretse anthu ochita zoipa - kaya ku Cleveland, kapena ku Los Angeles kapena Sweden - kuti asanyalanyaze ntchito zawo kwa olemba nyumba.

Zomwe, malinga ndi madandaulo a Floyd omwe adapereka mu Disembala, ndiye vuto lalikulu.

Adaperekedwa ndi wokhalamo James Barker, madandaulowo akuti St. Clair Place wakhala akuvutitsidwa ndi milandu ya kunyalanyaza. Za zitseko zolakwika zomwe zimalola osakhalamo mkati, zomwe zimatsogolera ku "zochita zogonana pamoto kuthawa" ndi "mankhwala osokoneza bongo m'masitepe." Makamera achitetezo ndi olakwika. Khomo lakumbuyo, lomwe mwachiwonekere lidawononga $10,000 kuti lilowe m'malo, lakhala losagwira ntchito kwa zaka ziwiri.

Floyd ndi Barker, monga adathandizira pazoyankhulana Lachitatu, alinso ndi nkhawa pazachuma. Kwa zaka zambiri, onse akuti, eni nyumba Bart Stein ndi Angela Koncz akhala akulipiritsa lendi monga iwo mochedwa chindapusa, mwezi ndi mwezi, ngakhale lendi ikalipidwa. (Ndipo, mu nkhani ya Koncz, a milandu yozemba msonkho.)

Barker, yemwe adapuma pantchito kumapeto kwa zaka makumi asanu ndi limodzi, adati, zidamuchitikira kuyambira 2021 mpaka 2023. Pa Epulo 11, 2022, adamulipiritsa $242 pa renti komanso chindapusa mochedwa. Analipira, komabe anapitirizabe kulandira ndalama—nthawi zambiri $1 patsiku—mpaka April 30.

Yamangidwa mu 1978, nyumba ya mayunitsi 200 yakhala ikuthandiza anthu obwereka 62 ndi kupitirira, makamaka omwe ali olumala ndi kulandira ma voucha a Gawo 8 kuchokera ku boma la feduro.

Ndipo kuyambira zaka za makumi asanu ndi anayi, HUD yanena kuti obwereketsa a Gawo 8 ayenera kutsatira lamulo la Model Lease, lomwe limaphatikizapo gawo loyang'anira momwe eni nyumba amalipira mochedwa. Komanso, panganolo limati, "mwininyumba sangathetse mgwirizano [wobwereketsa] chifukwa cholephera kulipira mochedwa." Zomwe, malinga ndi Floyd ndi Barker, zachitika ku St. Clair.

Ponena za zovuta za moyo, Cleveland Department of Public Health amalemba madandaulo 20 ku St. Clair kubwerera ku Julayi 2020, kuphatikiza zisanu ndi ziwiri za tizilombo ndi makoswe; zinayi zonyamula zinyalala; ziwiri za khalidwe la mpweya wamkati; ndi zinayi zaumoyo wamba.

Milandu yonse, kuphatikizapo mkangano wokhotakhota mochedwa, eni nyumbayo anakana poyankha mwalamulo pa February 12. Pambuyo pa Legal Aid ndi Association of Tenants apereka pempho la kumvetsera mu March, eni nyumbawo adayankha ndi pempho lachidziwitso choyambirira pa April 5. , njira yazamalamulo yomwe nthawi zambiri imagwiritsidwa ntchito pofuna kuthetsa mlandu usanazengedwe ndi khoti.

"Adayankha mwachidule," Anna Seballos, wothandizira zamalamulo, adauza Scene Lachitatu. "Koma kuyambira lero, padakali tepi yochenjeza yomwe ikuphimba zitseko.

Pambuyo potsutsa pang'ono ndi mndandanda wa zoyankhulana ndi atolankhani, Floyd anatenga Scene mkati mwa St. Clair Place kuti aike zithunzi pa madandaulo ake alamulo.

Malo ochezeramo, komwe ena amacheza ndi ena amalipira lendi pakompyuta yapakompyuta ya HP Floyd yotchedwa "dinosaur," ndi yodzaza mochepa: kumeneko, makina ogulitsa. Mulu wa mabokosi. Mipando yopinda ndi matebulo. Gome la ping-pong lomwe, Floyd adati, lathyoledwa kuyambira 2022. "Palibe amene adzasewera ping pong pa chinthu chimenecho," adatero Floyd. "Wosayankhula ngati (wonyoza), munthu."

Floyd adadutsa mumsewu momwe penti yonyowa imawuma, kudzera pa tepi yochenjeza ochita lendi za "khomo latsopano." "Ayi ayi yatsopano chitseko, "adatero Floyd, akutsegula khomo lakumbuyo lomwe latchulidwa m'mlanduwo. Anatseka chitseko, ndiyeno anayesa kutsegula ndi fob yake. Chinakhala chotseka. "Mwaona?" Floyd adati. "Ndakuuzani."

"Chomwe tikufuna ndi nyumba yogwirira ntchito," adatero Floyd, ali m'chipinda chochezera. Anayang'ana mozungulira chipindacho. "Ndikutanthauza, zonsezi pano siziyenera kukhala. Sitiyenera kukhala ndi mipando yonseyi ndi zosagwirizana (zonyoza). Ndizopusa."

Chitsime: Cleveland Scene - Okhala mu Nyumba ya St. Clair Place Ati Eni Nyumba Alola Kuti Nyumbayo Igwe Powonongeka Koopsa