Ibuyiselwe ngo-Ephreli 10, 2024
8: 28 pm
Abaqashi e-St. Clair Place Apartments eDowntown Cleveland abazizwa bephephile, futhi bacela umnikazi wendawo ukuba enze okuthile ngakho.
Amalungu enhlangano yabaqashi, emele labo abahlala endaweni enamayunithi angama-200 okuhloswe ngayo abantu abadala abahola kancane kanye nabantu abakhubazekile, abe nesithangami sabezindaba ngoLwesithathu ukuze acacise ngezindaba ezithinta inhlanzeko nezokuphepha.
"Kufana nokuba seBeirut - njengomhlaba wesithathu," kusho uMarlin Floyd, osehlale kuleli bhilidi izinyanga eziyisithupha. "Uma usuhamba kuleso sakhiwo, uma ngikuthatha kuleso sakhiwo, uzofana nokuthi, 'Hhayi, oh cha.'
Abanye abaqashile asebenesikhathi eside njengoMarlo Burress bathe izinkinga ziye zaba zimbi kakhulu ngokushintshashintsha kwabaphathi.
"Ekuqaleni, bekukuhle kakhulu. Konke kwalungiswa ngesikhathi," kusho uBurress, osehlale kuleli bhilidi iminyaka engu-20. "Kodwa manje nginezinto engikhala ngazo iminyaka. Nginembobo yesikrini egumbini lami lokulala ngisebenzisa amakhadibhodi ukuvala, ingidi yami nokhiye konke kumoshekile... angizizwa. ngiphephile endlini yami."
Okukhathaza kakhulu, kusho izakhamizi, wumnyango wangaphandle obhodlokile ongalungiswanga yize kunezikhalo eziningi. Bathe sekuphele izinyanga abantu abangabazi bengena kuleli bhilidi bezitika ngocansi nezidakamizwa ezindaweni ezijwayelekile belala ezitebhisini.
"Angizizwa ngiphephile lapha," kusho uBurress. "Kubi. Futhi abanandaba. Bathi akukho abangakwenza ngakho. Angikholwa, angikholwa nje."
I-Legal Aid Society yaseCleveland wafaka isimangalo enkantolo yezezindlu kuleli dolobha egameni lezakhamizi ngoDisemba futhi unethemba lokuthi uzosizwa maduze.
"Bayinkampani ephethe izakhiwo eveza kusizindalwazi sabo ukuthi bazimisele ukudala izindawo zokuhlala ezingcono zabantu abakhubazekile, abadala, imindeni eminingi, ezindlini ezinemindeni eminingi," kusho uLauren Hamilton, ummeli weLegal Aid. "Futhi siyabacela nje ukuthi bakugcine lokho kuzibophezela."
Ngasekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, uCleveland waphasisa ukulungiswa kwekhodi yezindlu ethi "Residents First" okuhloswe ngayo ukubhekana nabanikazi bezindlu abangekho nabanganaki.
“Sithinte umnyango wezokwakha ukuze sicele ukuthi kubhekwe ibhilidi,” kusho uHamilton. "Lapho ibhilidi kufanele lithole ukubhaliswa okusha okuqashisayo nedolobha, ngethemba ukuthi kuzodingeka badlule kwezinye zezidingo ze-Resides First ukuze bathole lokho kubhaliswa."
USally Martin O'Toole, umqondisi woMnyango Wezokwakha Nezindlu kuleli dolobha, utshele i-Ideastream ngenyanga edlule ukuthi basebenzela ukuqasha abasebenzi ukuthi basebenzise izinqubomgomo ezintsha.
I-St. Clair Place Cleveland LTD., abanikazi besakhiwo ngokwamarekhodi entela yendawo yesifunda, abatholakalanga ukuze baphawule.
Umthombo: I-Ideastream Public Media - Abaqashi eDowntown Cleveland izindlu eziphezulu ezihola kancane bafuna ukuziphendulela komninikhaya