Chitetezo cha Nyumba kwa Opulumuka Nkhanza Zapakhomo

Wolemba Allison K. Younger, 2023 Summer Associate with Legal Aid's Housing Practice Group 

Ngati mumachitiridwa nkhanza zapakhomo, nkhanza za pachibwenzi, kugwiriridwa kapena kukuvutitsani, ndipo mukukhala m'nyumba za anthu, khalani ndi voucha ya nyumba kapena ngati nyumba yanu ikuthandizidwa ndi boma, ndiye kuti Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) imateteza. ufulu wanu ngati wobwereka.

VAWA imaletsa eni nyumba m'mapologalamu a nyumba za anthu ndi zothandizidwa kuti:

1. Kukana kubwereketsa kwa wopemphayo chifukwa chakuti wopemphayo ali, kapena wakhala, wogwiriridwa, nkhanza zapakhomo, nkhanza za pachibwenzi, kapena kutsata;
2. Kuthamangitsa mlendi yemwe wagwiriridwa, nkhanza zapabanja, nkhanza za pachibwenzi, kapena kuzemberana chifukwa chowopseza kapena zachiwawa zomwe wachitiridwa - ngakhale zitachitika panyumbayo, ngakhale zitachitidwa ndi wachibale. kapena mlendo; ndi
3. Kugwira mlendi yemwe amagwiriridwa, nkhanza zapakhomo, nkhanza za pachibwenzi, kapena kuzembera mulingo wapamwamba kuposa obwereka ena mwanjira iliyonse (phokoso, kuwonongeka kwa nyumba yobwereketsa, ndi zina zotero).

Kuphatikiza pa VAWA, ochita lendi alinso ndi chitetezo pansi pa malamulo odana ndi tsankho a Fair Housing Act. Anthu anayi mwa asanu alionse omwe amachitiridwa nkhanza za m’banja ndi amayi, ndipo amayi sangasalidwe chifukwa cha jenda m’nyumba. Lamulo la LGBT la US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) limafuna mwayi wofanana wopeza nyumba zothandizidwa ndi HUD / inshuwaransi mosasamala kanthu za malingaliro enieni kapena malingaliro ogonana, kudziwika kuti ndi amuna kapena akazi kapena banja.

Komanso, chitetezo chotsutsana ndi tsankho chimagwiranso ntchito kwa eni nyumba omwe ali ndi ngongole ya inshuwaransi ya FHA kapena kutenga nawo gawo mu Pulogalamu ya Voucher ya Nyumba. Muli ndi ufulu ngati wopulumuka pakuzunzidwa ndipo mutha kuchitapo kanthu kuti mudziteteze kukusalidwa kwa nyumba.

Mafunso omwe mungadzifunse nokha:

Sindimamasuka kuulula mbiri yanga monga wopulumuka kwa eni nyumba - ndingafotokoze bwanji za moyo wanga?
Opulumuka ambiri sakhala omasuka kulankhula za momwe alili koma pansi pa VAWA eni nyumba ayenera kusunga chidziwitsocho mwachinsinsi. Opereka nyumba zapagulu ndi zothandizidwa ayenera kusunga zinsinsizo pokhapokha (a) wopulumuka atapereka chilolezo cholemba kuti atulutse chidziwitsocho, (b) chidziwitsocho chikufunika pakukambidwa kapena kumva za kuthetsedwa kwa chithandizo cha nyumba, kapena (c) lamulo. zina zimafuna.

Ndinayenera kuyimbira apolisi kwa wondizunza - kodi ndithamangitsidwa?
Ngati mwininyumba ayesa kukuletsani lendi kapena kukuthamangitsani chifukwa mudagwiritsa ntchito zadzidzidzi, funsani woyimira milandu. Pansi pa VAWA, eni nyumba, eni nyumba, obwereketsa, okhalamo, okhalamo, alendo, kapena ofunsira, nyumba zilizonse, zothandizidwa ndi zachinsinsi, ali ndi ufulu wofuna kutsata malamulo kapena thandizo ladzidzidzi m'malo mwawo kapena m'malo mwa munthu wina wofunikira. thandizo. Simungalangidwe potengera pempho lothandizira, kutengera zachigawenga zomwe mwachitiridwa, kapena ngati mulibe cholakwa pansi pa lamulo, lamulo, malamulo, kapena ndondomeko yovomerezedwa kapena kutsatiridwa ndi bungwe la boma lomwe amalandira ndalama zina za HUD.

Nanga bwanji ngati ndiyenera kusuntha nthawi yobwereketsa isanathe chifukwa cha DV?
VAWA idapanganso njira zosinthira nyumba mwadzidzidzi m'mapulogalamu onse a federal. Opulumuka ayenera kusamutsira kugawo lina kuti akhale ndi nyumba zotetezeka. Akuluakulu ena a nyumba za boma ndi opereka nyumba zothandizidwa amapereka zokonda kwa omwe apulumuka nkhanza zapakhomo pamndandanda wawo wodikirira. Opulumuka atha kupeza nyumba zothandizidwa ndi sabusies mwachangu kuposa ngati anali pamndandanda wodikirira nthawi zonse.

Ngati mukukumana ndi Nkhanza Zapakhomo, mutha kupeza chithandizo poyimbira foni ya National Domestic Violence pa 1.800.799.7233.

Nkhaniyi idasindikizidwa mu nyuzipepala ya Legal Aid, "The Alert" Volume 39, Issue 2, mu September 2023. Onani nkhani yonse pa ulalo uwu: "Chidziwitso" - Voliyumu 39, Nkhani 2 - Bungwe Lothandizira zamalamulo ku Cleveland.