kuchokera ku Signal Cleveland: 'Ikuvutikirabe': Momwe Clevelanders akufinyidwa ndi ma renti apamwamba pomwe thandizo likuuma

by Olivera Perkins

Izi zinali zodziwikiratu: Nthawi iliyonse Step Forward ikapereka chithandizo chobwereketsa, bungwe lopanda phindu limapangitsa kuti ntchito zapaintaneti zizipezeka. Nthawi zambiri m'maola ochepa, bungwe lopanda phindu limatha kufika malire a chiwerengero chomwe lingavomereze.

Kufuna, ngakhale kunali kokulirapo koyambirira kwa mliri pomwe kusowa kwa ntchito kudakula, kudakhazikika pambuyo pake. Pitani Patsogolo adagawa madola ake omaliza mu pulogalamu yothandizidwa ndi feduro kumapeto kwa Marichi. Koma anthu akupitiliza kulumikizana ndi bungweli, kufunafuna thandizo lobwereketsa mliri. Zopanda phindu zina zomwe zimagawa thandizo la renti, monga CHN Housing Partners (CHN), perekani nkhani zofanana. Zoposa $170 miliyoni zandalama zotere zidabwera kuderali. Zambiri zaperekedwa, ndipo Congress sinakonzenso pulogalamuyi.

Tsopano popeza ndalamazo zatsala pang'ono kutha, zikuwulula msika wovutitsa wanyumba ku Greater Cleveland, akuluakulu aboma komanso osachita phindu omwe ali ndi udindo wogawa chithandizo chobwereketsa adauza a Signal Cleveland.

Rent zakwera, nthawi zambiri amachulukitsa kuchuluka kwa Greater Cleveland pafupi ndi ma malipoti adziko lonse. Zambiri kuchokera ku lipoti ladziko lonse zikuwonetsa kuti zolemba zothamangitsidwa ku Cleveland zitha kukhala zikuchulukirachulukira, ngakhale zikadali zotsika kwambiri mliri usanachitike. Kodi ichi chingakhale chizindikiro choyambirira cha kugwa kuchokera ku zovuta zophatikiza kukwera kwa renti ndi kutha kwa chithandizo chobwereketsa?

Kuchepa kwa chithandizo chobwereka kwadzetsa chidwi pa kusowa kokwanira nyumba ku Greater Cleveland, akutero akuluakuluwo. Kungakhalenso kulimbikitsa kuyesetsa kupeza mayankho. Zokhutiritsa sizingoperekedwa kwa anthu omwe amapeza ndalama zochepa. Anthu apakati ndi ogwira ntchito akuvutika kuti alipirire lendi, ndipo ngakhale anthu apakati akuvutika. Banja la ana anayi, lomwe limalandira ndalama zoposera $72,000 pachaka ndiloyenera kuthandizidwa, malinga ndi chigawocho. Mochulukirachulukira, omwe amapeza ndalama zambiri kuposa izi akhala akupempha thandizo pakulipirira renti, koma nthawi zambiri palibe mapulogalamu awo.

Kuchepetsa mafomu ofunsira renti kufika pa 250 nthawi imodzi 

Travena Golliday, mkulu wa Step Forward's Neighborhood Opportunity Centers, adati ngakhale kusowa kwa ntchito kutsika, kufunikira kothandizira renti sikunachepe. Atasefukira ndi zofunsira pomwe idayamba kuvomera mu 2021, bungweli lidaganiza zongotenga zofunsira 250 nthawi imodzi kuti zikwaniritse mwachangu. Masiku angapo anali atali kwambiri omwe adatengapo kuti afikire malire awa. Iye adati ndalama zambiri zikufunika.

"Anthu ambiri akukhalabe ndi ndalama zolipirira," adatero. "Ndalama zawo zakhudzidwa ndi kukwera kwa mitengo komanso mliri. Zimakhala zovuta kuti iwo abwererenso pamlingo womwewo womwe anali nawo mliriwo usanachitike kapena patsogolo pake. Iwo akulimbanabe.”

Kalika Pascol waku Garfield Heights wati thandizo la renti la Step Forward ndi lomwe lachititsa kuti iye ndi banja lake asakhale opanda pokhala atachotsedwa ntchito ngati manejala wa katundu. Anatinso ndalama zobwereketsa komanso kukwera mtengo kwachuma pa nthawi ya mliri wawononga ndalama zomwe mabanja ambiri ogwira ntchito komanso apakati monga ake akukhala. Tsopano alibe malo ogwedera akakumana ndi ndalama zazikulu monga kukonza galimoto, kuchotsedwa ntchito kapena kukwera mtengo kwa lendi.

Iye anati: “Poyamba tinali m’gulu la anthu ogwira ntchito. "Chifukwa cha kukwera mtengo kwa lendi ndi kukwera kwa mitengo, ogwira ntchito tsopano ndi osauka!"

Opanda phindu amderali amagawa chithandizo chobwereketsa cha mliri

Boma lidatumiza ndalama zothandizira miliri kumaboma ndi maboma, omwe nthawi zambiri amachita mgwirizano ndi osapindula kuti agawire ndalamazo. Kumeneko, Cleveland ndi Cuyahoga County analandira ndalama zambiri. Onsewa adachita mgwirizano ndi CHN, yomwe idagawa $ 100 miliyoni zothandizira renti ku mabanja opitilira 30,000, malinga ndi a Laura Boustani, wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wazinthu zakunja.

Step Forward inalandira ndalama zokwana madola 35 miliyoni kuchokera ku boma kuti athandizidwe ndi lendi ndi kubwereketsa nyumba, zomwe zathandiza kuposa Mabanja 8,000, malinga ndi Golliday.

Onse a Cleveland ndi chigawocho akadali ndi ndalama zothandizira miliri kuti azigawa. Cleveland ali ndi $ 16.5 miliyoni, atero mneneri wa mzindawu Marie Zickefoose. Malamulo akudikirira pamaso pa City Council kuti akhale ndi mgwirizano wa Cleveland ndi Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority kuti agawire thandizo la lendi.

Derali lili ndi zopanda phindu zomwe zimagawa $20 miliyoni, koma ndalamazo zimaperekedwa kwa anthu ena, monga osowa pokhala, atero a Sara Parks Jackson, director of the Cuyahoga County's department of Housing and Community Development.

Monga woyang'anira malo, Pascol anali ndi malo abwino owonera msika womwe ukusintha panthawi ya mliri. Anawona momwe lendi ya zipinda ziwiri zogona nthawi zambiri imakwera ndi $300 kapena kupitilira apo pamwezi. Alendi ankabwera kwa iye kuti awathandize pa lendi. Ankawatsogolera kuzinthu zothandizira.

Kenako anachotsedwa ntchito. Ngakhale kuti kukwera kwa mitengo kunawononga ndalama za banjalo, Pascol ankakhulupirira kuti apeza ntchito isanathe. Iye ankayenera kutero. Mwamuna wa Pascol ndi wolumala, kumusiya iye kukhala wosamalira banja la ana anayi. Zinam’tengera miyezi ingapo, m’malo mwa yochepa, kuti apeze ntchito. Ndalama za banjalo zidachepa ndipo anali atatsala miyezi iwiri pa renti. Banjali lidatsala pang'ono kuthamangitsidwa pamene adalandira thandizo la renti kuchokera kwa Step Forward. Pulogalamuyi idalipira lendi ya miyezi inayi Pascol asanakhazikitsidwe ntchito yatsopano.

Ananenanso kuti amagawana nkhani yake kuti adziwitse ena kuti ambiri omwe amagwiritsa ntchito thandizo lanyumba za mliriwu sakuyang'ana chopereka. Pascol akukhulupirira kuti Congress iyenera kubweza ndalamazo.

Iye anati: “Sikuti tayamba kulephera kulipira ngongole. "Moyo umachitika."

Kuthamangitsidwa kuchulukirachulukira tsopano thandizo lalikulu la mliri watha?

Kuthamangitsidwa ndi vuto lalikulu kwambiri pamene anthu sangathe kulipira lendi. Kuwonjezeka kwa zolemba zothamangitsidwa kutha kuwonetsa msika wovuta wanyumba zomwe zachitika pambuyo pa mliri kwa anthu ambiri obwereketsa, zomwe zitha kubweretsedwa ndi kuphatikizika kowopsa kwa renti, kuchepa kwa chithandizo chobwereketsa komanso kutha kwa miliri yothamangitsidwa. (Mu 2020, Cleveland adayambitsa pulogalamu ya Ufulu wa Uphungu, yomwe imapereka chithandizo chaulere kwa anthu omwe amapeza ndalama zochepa omwe amatsatira malangizo ena pamene akulimbana ndi kuthamangitsidwa Khothi Lanyumba la Cleveland.)

Zolemba za Cleveland zothamangitsidwa mchaka chatha zinali 78% mwa zomwe zidachitika mliri usanayambe mu 2020, malinga ndi Kuwunika kwa Eviction Lab pazosefera za Khothi Lanyumba la Cleveland kuyambira pa Marichi 1. Kutengera ku yunivesite ya Princeton, Eviction Lab ikuphatikiza Cleveland pakati pa mizinda yapadziko lonse lapansi momwe amatsata kuthamangitsidwa.

Zomwe zikuchitika m'makalata othamangitsidwa mwezi ndi mwezi kuyambira kumapeto kwa chaka chatha zikuwonetsa kuti akubwerera. Munthawi yambiri ya 2023, zosefera zidatsika 20% mpaka 30% kuchokera momwe zidalili mliriwu usanachitike. Koma m'miyezi ingapo yapitayi zikuwonetsa zosefera zatsika ndi 14% chabe kuchokera ku mliri usanachitike.

komanso, Mathirakiti a kalembera m'madera ena adawona kuwonjezeka kwa zolemba, malinga ndi deta ya Eviction Lab. (Mathirakiti a kalembera nthawi zambiri amakhala ndi okhala pakati pa 2,500 ndi 8,000.) Amaphatikizapo trakiti la Census m'madera onsewa a East Side: imodzi ku University Circle, kumene zolembera zinali 344% kuchokera ku mliri usanayambe; imodzi ku Collinwood, kumene zolembera zinawonjezeka 170%; ndi imodzi ku AsiaTown, komwe zolemba zidakwera 145%.

Zolemba zothamangitsidwa zinawonjezekanso m'kapepala ka Census m'madera onsewa a West Side: imodzi ku Old Brooklyn, kumene kusefera kunali 100%; imodzi ku South Hills, komwe mafayilo analinso 100%; ndi imodzi ku Kamm's Corners, komwe adakwera 54%.

Step Forward anali ndi pulogalamu ndi Legal Aid Society of Cleveland momwe bungweli lidapereka thandizo la renti kwa anthu "omwe anali kukhothi ndipo anali pafupi kuthamangitsidwa," adatero Golliday.

Melanie Shakarian, wamkulu wa Legal Aid pazachitukuko ndi kulumikizana, adati thandizo lobwereketsa mliriwu ndilothandiza.

"Kukhala ndi mwayi wothandizira lendi kumapatsa maloya a Legal Aid chida china muzothandizira zathu kuti tipewe kuthamangitsidwa," adatero Shakarian.

Kuthamangitsidwa kumawonjezera mwayi wa moyo wa munthu kukhala wovuta, adatero. Mwachitsanzo, Shakarian adati kuthamangitsidwa nthawi zambiri kumapangitsa mabanja kukhala "malo otsika mtengo omwe nthawi zambiri amakhala opanda thanzi komanso otetezeka." Kapena, choyipa kwambiri, kukhala kusowa pokhala.

Shakarian adati chidziwitso chomwe apeza kudzera mu pulogalamu ya mliriwu chitha kukhala ngati polowera kuti akonze pulogalamu yothandizira yobwereketsa "yokhazikika".

"Gulu lathu la Legal Aid likukhulupirira kuti ife monga gulu la kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa Ohio titha kubwera pamodzi ndi njira zopangira zogwiritsira ntchito, mwina chuma cha federal pamlingo wa mzinda ndi chigawo, kuti tipeze thandizo la lendi 2.0," adatero.

Gwero: Signal Cleveland - Clevelanders akuyamba kufinyidwa ndi mitengo yokwera ya lendi