Rocket Community Fund imapereka thandizo ku Legal Aid

Rocket Community Fund Yayika $1.25 Miliyoni Kuti Ikhazikitse Fund ya Cleveland Eviction Defense Fund Mothandizana ndi The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland

• Kugulitsa kwazaka zisanu kumalimbitsa Ufulu wa Uphungu wa Cleveland.
• Rocket Community Fund idatulutsanso zomwe zapeza kuchokera ku lipoti lake la Cleveland Neighbor to Neighbor, lomwe likugogomezera kufunika kothandizidwa lendi.

CLEVELAND, Dec. 5, 2023 - The Rocket Community Fund ndi Legal Aid Society of Cleveland lero alengeza ndalama zokwana $ 1.25 miliyoni kuti apange Fund ya Cleveland Eviction Defense Fund. Mgwirizanowu umalimbana ndi kusokonekera kwa nyumba ndi kusamuka kwawo popereka umboni wokwanira wazamalamulo, kulengeza komanso chithandizo chobwereketsa mwadzidzidzi kwa okhala ku Cleveland.

Mu 2019, Cleveland City Council idakhazikitsa lamulo lopangitsa mwayi woyimilira pamilandu yothamangitsidwa kukhala ufulu wamabanja opeza ndalama zochepa omwe amachita lendi ku Cleveland. Poyankha, United Way of Greater Cleveland ndi Legal Aid Society of Cleveland adapanga pulogalamu ya 'Ufulu wa Uphungu' mu July 2020. Kudzipereka kwa Rocket Community Fund kumalimbitsa zoyesayesa izi ndikuwonetsetsa kuti anthu ambiri adzakhala ndi mwayi wopeza zothandizira Ufulu wa Uphungu.

"Pa Rocket Community Fund, timakhulupirira mphamvu yosintha ya nyumba zokhazikika, zomwe ndi mwala wapangodya wopambana m'mbali zonse za moyo," adatero Laura Grannemann, Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa Rocket Community Fund. "Timalimbikitsidwa ndi kupambana kwa Cleveland's Right to Counsel programme ndipo ndimanyadira kulimbikitsa ndi Cleveland Eviction Defense Fund.

Kuphatikiza pa kudzipereka kwake pazachuma, Rocket Community Fund ithandizana ndi City of Cleveland ndi Cuyahoga County kuti ipeze mwayi wowonjezera wothandizira kuti pulogalamuyi ikhale yokhazikika. Meya wa Cleveland Justin Bibb, yemwe wadzipereka kupatsa mphamvu anthu oyandikana nawo komanso kugulitsa nyumba, adalandira chilengezo cha lero pamwambo womwe unachitikira ku Cleveland Foundation.

Meya Justin Bibb anati: “Anthu ambiri okhala ku Cleveland omwe ali pachiwopsezo chothamangitsidwa sakhala nawo pamilandu yothamangitsidwa m’nyumba zawo.” “Ichi ndi chitsanzo chimodzi chokha chosonyeza kufunikira kwa maphunziro ndi mapologalamu ofikira anthu kuti adziwitse anthu ndi kuthandiza anthu amene achotsedwa m’nyumba zawo. ayamikira a Rocket Community Fund ndi Legal Aid Society chifukwa chodzipereka kwawo mosasunthika pothandiza anthu okhala ku Cleveland.”

Ufulu Wopereka Uphungu ndi Thandizo Lowonjezera Lotumiza

Bungwe la Legal Aid Society of Cleveland limatsogolera njira yolandirira pulogalamu ya Ufulu wa Uphungu, kuyang'anira kuyenerera ndikupereka woyimira mwalamulo kwa oyenerera. Pakadali pano, okhalamo ayenera kukhala ndi ndalama zapakhomo kapena kuchepera 200% ya umphawi wa federal ($29,160 kwa munthu payekha, $60,000 kwa banja la ana anayi) kuti ayenerere. Oyenerera adzalandira mwayi woyimilira kudzera mwa maloya ogwira ntchito, maloya a pro bono kapena maloya azinsinsi omwe apanga mgwirizano ndi Legal Aid Society of Cleveland.

"Chithandizochi chochokera ku Rocket Community Fund chimalimbikitsa mgwirizano womwe ulipo pakati pa anthu wamba ndi wabizinesi womwe umayang'ana kwambiri pakukhazikika kwa nyumba, ndipo utithandiza kukonzekera kukhazikika kwa boma paufulu wofunikirawu kwa nthawi yayitali," adatero Colleen Cotter, wamkulu wa bungwe la Legal Aid Society of Cleveland. "Pamodzi, titha kupanga gulu lomwe anthu onse amapeza ulemu ndi chilungamo, opanda umphawi ndi kuponderezedwa."

Cleveland Eviction Defense Fund ya Rocket Community Fund ya Cleveland Eviction Defense Fund imalimbitsanso kuthekera kwa Legal Aid Society kukulitsa maukonde omwe amatumiza nawo ndikuwonetsetsa kuti okhalamo atha kulumikizana ndi mapulogalamu ena ovuta, monga chithandizo chobwereketsa mwadzidzidzi kudzera ku CHN Housing Partners.

A CHN's Housing Navigators athandiza omwe ali ndi nyumba kupeza nyumba zotsika mtengo, pomwe amathandizira eni nyumba kugwiritsa ntchito zida zothandizira. Ma Navigators adzathandiza obwereketsa ntchito ndi ntchito, thandizo lazachuma komanso kumvetsetsa kobwereketsa. CHN ikukonzekera kulipira ndalama zosungitsa chitetezo ndi lendi ya miyezi itatu ikafunika. Mgwirizanowu cholinga chake ndi kuthandiza mabanja 100 mu 2023, 310 mu 2024 ndi ena 260 mu 2025.

Lipoti la Neighbour to Neighbour

Kudzipereka kwa Rocket Community Fund pakuthandizira lendi kumatengera, mwa zina, pazopeza kuchokera kwa Neighbor to Neighbor, pulogalamu yodziwika bwino yabungwe yofikira anthu komanso kuchitapo kanthu. Neighbour to Neighbor, yomwe idayamba koyamba ku Detroit koma pano ikuphatikiza Cleveland, Milwaukee ndi Atlanta, ndikuyesa khomo ndi khomo komwe kumathandiza kukulitsa kulumikizana pakati pa mabungwe otukula anthu amderali (CDCs) ndi anthu omwe amawatumikira.

Mu 2022, Neighbour to Neighbor adachita kafukufuku wozama ku Cleveland kuti adziwe zovuta za bata lanyumba. Cleveland Neighborhood Progress idatsogolera kuyesetsa, kuyanjana ndi ma CDC 17 am'deralo kuti alumikizane ndi anthu pafupifupi 10,000.

Malinga ndi lipoti la Neighbor to Neighbor, 19% ya omwe adafunsidwa adanenanso za zovuta pakulipira lendi, kutsindika kufunikira kwachangu kwazinthu monga Cleveland Eviction Defense Fund.

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• Zovuta Zothandizira: Ambiri omwe adafunsidwa adati adapeza kuti zida zogwirira ntchito sizingagulitsidwe pomwe 28% idakhudzidwa ndi madzi / ngalande, 30% yokhudzana ndi magetsi ndi 32% yamafuta.

Otsatira a Neighbour to Neighbor adasonkhanitsanso zambiri zokhudzana ndi mwayi wa Cleveland kuzinthu zamakono, kuphatikizapo mwayi wopeza intaneti yothamanga kwambiri ndi zipangizo zamakono. Lipotilo likuwonetsa kuti 18% ya okhalamo alibe ntchito zapaintaneti zapanyumba, zopinga zazikulu ndi mtengo wantchito ndi zida. Canvassers adathandizira kulumikiza anthu oyenerera ku Affordable Connectivity Programme, pulogalamu ya federal yomwe imayang'ana kwambiri popereka intaneti yotsika mtengo komanso zida zamagetsi.

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Zambiri za Rocket Community Fund

Rocket Community Fund ikufuna kufewetsa machitidwe ovuta komanso osalingana kuti awonetsetse kuti waku America aliyense ali ndi mwayi wokhala ndi nyumba zokhazikika komanso zathanzi. Imalimbikitsanso anthu ndi machitidwe omwe amapereka mwayi wopindulitsa wa maphunziro ndi ntchito.

Kudzera mu mtundu wake wa For-More-Than-Profit, Rocket Community Fund imazindikira kuti mabizinesi ndi anthu ammudzi ndi olumikizana kwambiri, ndipo imagwiritsa ntchito mwadala luso la membala wa gulu, ukadaulo, kulengeza mfundo ndi zothandizira zachifundo kuti akhazikitse ndalama zachitukuko chambiri ku Detroit komanso kudera lonselo. dziko.

Pamodzi ndi ndalama zachuma, Rocket Community Fund yakonza Makampani a Rocket, Bedrock ndi mamembala ena amagulu kuti apereke maola odzipereka opitilira miliyoni imodzi mdziko lonse, kuphatikiza oposa 720,000 ku Detroit.

Kuti mumve zambiri, pitani ku RocketCommunityFund.org.

Za The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland

Cholinga cha Legal Aid Society of Cleveland ndikuteteza chilungamo, chilungamo, ndi mwayi wopeza mwayi kwa anthu omwe ali ndi ndalama zochepa kudzera muzoyimira zamalamulo ndikulimbikitsa kusintha kwadongosolo. Ntchitoyi ikuyang'ana masomphenya athu kuti kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa Ohio kukhale malo omwe anthu onse amapeza ulemu ndi chilungamo, opanda umphawi ndi kuponderezedwa. Bungwe la Legal Aid Society of Cleveland limagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zamalamulo kupititsa patsogolo chitetezo ndi thanzi, kulimbikitsa maphunziro ndi chitetezo chachuma, kuteteza nyumba zokhazikika komanso zaulemu, ndikuwongolera kuyankha komanso kupezeka kwa boma ndi malamulo. Pothetsa mavuto ofunikira kwa omwe ali ndi ndalama zochepa, timachotsa zolepheretsa mwayi ndikuthandizira anthu kukhala okhazikika. Izi zimapangitsa kuti tigwirizane kwambiri m'dera lathu, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti anthu azikhala osangalala.