Yakatumirwa Kubvumbi 10, 2024
8: 28 pm
Maroja epaSt. Clair Place Apartments muDowntown Cleveland havanzwi vakachengeteka, uye vari kufonera muridzi wemba yavo kuti aite chimwe chinhu nezvazvo.
Nhengo dzesangano remaroja, dzinomiririra avo vanogara mumazana mazana maviri emayunitsi akagadzirirwa vakuru vanotambira mari shoma uye vakaremara, vakaita musangano nevatori venhau neChitatu kuti vatsanangure nyaya dzehutsanana nedziviriro.
"Zvakafanana nekuve muBeirut - senyika yechitatu," akadaro Marlin Floyd, agara muchivakwa ichi kwemwedzi mitanhatu. "Ukangofamba muchivako ichocho, kana ndikakutora muchivako ichocho, unenge uchiti, 'Aiwa, aiwa.'
Vamwe vagara kwenguva refu saMarlo Burress vakati matambudziko atowedzera nekushata nekuchinja kwemanejimendi.
"Pakutanga, zvaishamisa. Zvinhu zvose zvakagadziriswa panguva," akadaro Burress, uyo akagara muchivako ichi kwemakore makumi maviri. "Asi iyezvino ndine zvinhu zvandave nemakore ndichichema-chema nazvo. Ndine buri repascreen mumba mangu mokurara ndiri kushandisa cardboard kuvhara, lock yangu nekiyi zvese zvaparara... handisi kunzwa. ndakachengeteka mumba mangu."
Chakanyanya kunetsa, vagari vakati, isuwo rekunze rakavharwa iro risina kugadziriswa kunyangwe paine kunyunyuta kwakawanda. Kwemwedzi yakati, vaenzi vakapinda muchivako, vachiita zvevatano nezvinodhaka munzvimbo dzakajairika uye vachirara mumatanho.
"Ini handisi kunzwa ndakachengeteka pano," Burress akadaro. "Zvinotyisa. Uye havana basa nazvo. Vanoti hapana zvavanogona kuita nezvazvo. Handitendi, ini handitendi."
Iyo Legal Aid Society yeCleveland akamhan’ara kudare redzimba muguta akamirira vagari muna Zvita uye vanotarisira kunzwa mhinduro munguva pfupi iri kutevera.
"Ivo ikambani yekuchengetedza zvivakwa inotaura pawebhusaiti yavo kuti vakazvipira kugadzira nzvimbo dzekugara dziri nani kune vakaremara, vakuru, mhuri dzakawanda, mudzimba dzemhuri dzakawanda," akadaro Lauren Hamilton, gweta reLegal Aid. "Uye isu tiri kungovakumbira kuti vatsigire kuzvipira ikoko."
Pakutanga gore rino, Cleveland yakapasa "Residents First" kodhi yekodhi yekugadziridza iyo yakagadzirirwa kugadzirisa varidzi vemba vasipo uye vasina hanya.
“Takasvika kubazi rezvekuvaka tichikumbira kuongororwa kwechivako ichi,” akadaro Hamilton. "Kana chivako ichi chichifanira kuwana kunyoresa kutsva kwekurenda neguta, tinovimba, ivo vachafanira kupfuura nezvimwe zvinodiwa neResidents First kuti vawane kunyoresa."
Sally Martin O'Toole, director weDhipatimendi reKuvaka neDzimba reguta, akaudza Ideastream mwedzi wapera vari kushanda kuhaya vashandi kuti vatevedze marongero matsva.
St. Clair Place Cleveland LTD., varidzi vechivako ichi maererano nerekodhi yemutero wenzvimbo, havana kuwanikwa kuti vataure.
Kunobva: Ideastream Public Media - Vagari vemuDowntown Cleveland vane mari yepasi yepamusoro vanoda kuti varidzi vazvidavirire