Kubva kuCleveland Scene: St.

Rakanga riri rinenge gore nehafu mukugara kwaMarlon Floyd kuSt. Clair Place, 200-unit ine mari shoma yefurati yevakuru nevaya vakaremara, paakaziva kusaenzana kwakajeka.

Akasiya basa welder ari pakati pemakore makumi matanhatu, Floyd akatanga kunyora rondedzero yezvichemo nenjodzi. Fees dzanonoka dzekuroja dzakaunganidzwa mushure mekunge rent yabhadharwa. Macheya akaoneka mulounge, achibva anyangarika. Utungamiri hwakadzima kupisa imwe nguva yechando.

"Uye iwe unofunga kuti chii chakaitika? Boom, boom, boom, "Floyd, 67, akadaro agere pachigaro muSt. Clair Place's lobby. "Yaputika mavharuvhu ose. Mvura yainge yapera kweinenge mwedzi mitatu."

Muna 2019, Floyd akabatana nemagweta pa Legal Aid Society, nokukurumidza pashure pokunge abetsera kuumba, uye ipapo mutungamiriri, St. Clair Place Tenants Association. Mushure mekuedza kuyananisa kushushikana kwekuchengetedza uye rendi kuvhiringidzika nevaridzi vemba, Owner's Management Co. uye St. Clair Place Cleveland, Ltd., Floyd nemumwe muroja wapfuura Zvita vakamhan'ara kuCleveland Housing Court vachiti manejimendi ari kutyora Section 8 mitemo yedzimba. neDhipatimendi reDzimba & Kuvandudzwa Kwemaguta.

NeChitatu masikati, Floyd, magweta mashanu kuLegal Aid uye kupfachuka kwevaroja vakaungana pakona yeEast 13th uye St. Clair Avenue kuti, zvakare, vaedze kuita kuti varidzi vemba vazvidavirire kwemakore ekusaita. Kana kuti sechiratidzo chekuti Floyd pachake akasimudza kudhinda padyo nemota dzaipfuura anozvitaura zviri nyore: "Tinoda Dzimba Dzakachengeteka."

City Hall parizvino iri kuyedza kukwidziridza kodhi yemba yaro kudzivirira vatambi vakaipa - vangave muCleveland, kana kuti vanogara muLos Angeles kana Sweden - kubva pakuregeredza mabasa avo kuvaroja.

Izvo, maererano nekunyunyuta kwaFloyd kwakamhan'arwa muna Zvita, ndiyo nyaya yakawandisa.

Yakaiswa nemugari James Barker, chichemo chinopikisa kuti St. Clair Place yakagara ichitambudzwa nemhosva dzekuregeredza. Yemagonhi asina kunaka anobvumira vasiri vagari mukati, izvo zvinotungamirira ku "kuita zvepabonde mumoto unopukunyuka" uye "zvinodhaka mumasitepisi." Makamera ekuchengetedza ane mhosva. Gonhi remusuwo rekuseri, iro sezviri pachena rakaita $10,000 kutsiva, rave risisashande kwemakore maviri.

Floyd naBarker, sezvavakatsigirwa mubvunzurudzo neChitatu, vari kunetsekanawo nezvemari. Kwemakore, vese vari kuti varidzi vemba Bart Stein naAngela Koncz vanga vachibhadharisa maroja saivo mari yekunonoka, mwedzi nemwedzi, kunyangwe paibhadharwa rendi. (Uye, uye mune yaKoncz, a mhosva dzekusabhadhara mutero.)

Barker, akasiya basa ave kuda kusvika makore makumi matanhatu, akati, zvakaitika kwaari kubva 2021 kusvika 2023. Musi waApril 11, 2022, akabhadhariswa madhora mazana maviri nemakumi mana nemaviri erendi pamwe nekunonoka muripo. Akabhadhara, asi akaramba achigamuchira mhosva - kazhinji $ 242 pazuva - kusvika Kubvumbi 1.

Inovakwa mu1978, 200-unit complex kubva ipapo yakapa vashandi vanoroja vane makore 62 zvichikwira, zvikuru avo vakaremara uye vanogamuchira Section 8 mavhocha kubva kuhurumende yemubatanidzwa.

Uye kubvira makore makumi mapfumbamwe, HUD yakataura kuti Section 8 leases vanofanirwa kutevedzera Model Lease mutemo, uyo unosanganisira chikamu chinodzora mabatiro anoita varidzi vedzimba mubhadharo wanonoka. Zvakare, chibvumirano chinoti, "muridzi wemba anogona kusamisa [chibvumirano cherendi] nekutadza kubhadhara mari inononoka." Izvo, maererano naFloyd naBarker, zvakaitika kuSt. Clair.

Kana zviri zvemhando yenyaya dzehupenyu, iyo Cleveland Dhipatimendi rePublic Health inonyora zvichemo makumi maviri paSt. Clair kudzokera kuna Chikunguru 2020, kusanganisira zvinomwe zvezvipembenene uye kupararira kwemakonzo; ina yekunhonga marara; maviri emhando yemhepo yemukati; uye ina yemamiriro ehutano hwese.

Zvose zvinopomerwa, kusanganisira nharo yekunonoka kwekubhadhara mari yerendi, varidzi vemba vakaramba mumhinduro yepamutemo musi waFebruary 12. Mushure mekunge Legal Aid neTenants Association vakaisa chikumbiro chekunzwa muna March, varidzi vemba vakapindura nechikumbiro chekutanga musi waApril 5. , nzira yepamutemo inowanzoshandiswa kumisa nyaya isati yanzwikwa nedare.

"Vakamhan'ara chidimbu ichi vachipindura," Anna Seballos, mumiriri weLegal Aid, akaudza Scene neChitatu. "Asi kubva nhasi, pachine tepi yechenjedzo yakavhara magonhi. Hazviratidzike kuti pangava nechaidzivirira vashanyi vasingadiwi kupinda."

Mushure mekuratidzira kwakareruka uye mutsara wekubvunzurudzwa nevezvenhau, Floyd akatora Scene mukati meSt.

Imba yekutandarira, uko vamwe vanoshamwaridzana uye vamwe vanobhadhara rendi paHP desktop komputa Floyd inodaidzwa kuti "dinosaur," yakazadzwa-shoma: uko, mimwe michina yekutengesa. Murwi wemabhokisi. Kupeta macheya nematafura. Tafura yeping-pong iyo, Floyd akati, yakatyoka kubva 2022. "Hapana munhu achatamba ping pong pachinhu ichocho," Floyd akadaro. "Chimumumu semunhu (anotsanangura), murume."

Floyd akafamba nemukoridho umo pendi yakanyorova yaioma, kuburikidza netepi yekunyevera chain yambiro nezve "musuwo mutsva." "Kwete kwete itsva gonhi," Floyd akadaro, achivhura musuwo wekuseri waitaurwa mudare. Akavhara gonhi, ndokuedza kurivhura nefob yake. Rakaramba rakavharwa. "Maona?" Floyd akadaro. "Ndakuudza."

"Chatinoda chete chivakwa chinoshanda," Floyd akadaro, adzokera muimba yekutandarira. Akatarisa mumba. "Ndiri kureva kuti, zvese izvi pano hazvifanirwe kunge zvakadaro. Hatifanirwe kunge tine macheya ese aya uye zvese zvisina kufananidzwa (zvinoshoropodza). Zvinoseka."

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