kusukela ku-Cleveland Scene: I-St. Clair Place Apartment Izakhamuzi Zithi Abanikazi Bezindlu Bavumele Isakhiwo Siwele Konakele Ngengozi

Cishe unyaka nesigamu siqashwe uMarlon Floyd e-St. Clair Place, indawo yokuhlala ehola kancane enamayunithi angu-200 yabadala nalabo abakhubazekile, lapho eqaphela ukungalingani okucacile.

Umshiseli osewathatha umhlalaphansi phakathi neminyaka engamashumi ayisithupha ubudala, u-Floyd waqala ukuhlanganisa uhlu lwezikhalazo nezingozi. Izimali ezikhokhiswa sekwephuzile zerenti ephuthelwe zanqwabelana ngemva kokukhokhwa kwerenti. Kwavela izihlalo endlini yokuphumula, zabe sezinyamalala. Abaphathi bacisha ukushisa ngobunye ubusika.

"Futhi ucabanga ukuthi kwenzekeni? Boom, boom, boom," kusho u-Floyd, 67, ehlezi esihlalweni endaweni yokwamukela izivakashi e-St. Clair Place. "Lawaqhumisa wonke ama-valve. Amanzi aphelile cishe izinyanga ezintathu."'

Ngo-2019, u-Floyd waxhuma nabameli e- Legal Aid Society, ngemva nje kokusiza ekwakheni, wabe esehola, i-St. Clair Place Tenants Association. Ngemva kwemizamo yokulamula izinkathazo zokuphepha kanye nokuqasha ukudideka nabanikazi bezindlu, i-Owner's Management Co. kanye ne-St. Clair Place Cleveland, Ltd., u-Floyd kanye nesinye isiqashi ngoDisemba odlule bafaka isikhalazo eNkantolo Yezindlu yaseCleveland bethi abaphathi baphula imithetho yezindlu eshiwo ISigaba 8. nguMnyango Wezezindlu Nokuthuthukiswa Kwamadolobha.

NgoLwesithathu ntambama, u-Floyd, abameli abahlanu bakwa-Legal Aid kanye nenqwaba yabaqashi abaxubile bahlangana ekhoneni le-East 13th kanye ne-St. Noma njengesibonakaliso sokuthi u-Floyd ngokwakhe ubambelele emshinini oseduze futhi izimoto ezidlulayo wakubeka kalula: "Sifuna Izindlu Eziphephile."

I-City Hall okwamanje izama ukusebenzisa kabusha ikhodi yayo yezindlu ukuze kunqandwe abalingisi ababi—kungaba baseCleveland, noma abazinze e-Los Angeles noma eSweden—ukuba bangadebeseleli imisebenzi yabo ukuze baqashise.

Okuyinto, ngokwesikhalo sika-Floyd asifake ngoDisemba, yinkinga enkulu.

Ifakwe nesakhamuzi uJames Barker, isikhalazo sithi iSt. Clair Place sekunesikhathi eside ihlushwa ubugebengu bokunganakwa. Eminyango enephutha evumela okungezona izakhamuzi ngaphakathi, eholela "ezenzweni zocansi ekubalekeni komlilo" kanye "nezidakamizwa ezitebhisini." Amakhamera okuphepha anephutha. Umnyango wokungena ongemuva, obiza u-$10,000 ukuwushintsha, usuneminyaka emibili ungasebenzi.

UFloyd noBarker, njengoba besekelwe ezingxoxweni ngoLwesithathu, bakhathazekile ngezezimali. Sekuyiminyaka, bobabili bethi, abanikazi bezindlu u-Bart Stein no-Angela Koncz bebekhokhisa abaqashi abafana nabo izimali ezishibhile ezidlulele, inyanga nenyanga, ngisho nalapho irenti ephuthelwe ikhokhwa. (Futhi, endabeni kaKoncz, a amacala okweqa intela.)

UBarker, osethathe umhlalaphansi osecela eminyakeni engamashumi ayisithupha ubudala, uthe, kwenzeka kuye kusukela ngo-2021 kuya ku-2023. Ngo-Ephreli 11, 2022, wakhokhiswa u-$242 ngerenti kanye nezimali ezikhokhelwa sekwephuzile. Wakhokha, nokho waqhubeka ethola izinkokhiso—imvamisa engu-$1 ngosuku—kwaze kwaba ngu-April 30.

Yakhelwe ku-1978, isakhiwo esinamayunithi angu-200 kusukela ngaleso sikhathi sesinikeze abaqashi abangu-62 nangaphezulu, ikakhulukazi labo abakhubazekile nabathola amavawusha eSigaba 8 kuhulumeni wobumbano.

Futhi kusukela ngeminyaka yamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye, i-HUD iye yabeka ukuthi abaqashi beSigaba 8 kufanele balandele umthetho Wokuqashisa Oyisibonelo, ohlanganisa nesigaba esilawula ukuthi abanikazi bezindlu bakhipha kanjani izinkokhelo sekwephuzile. Futhi, isivumelwano sifundeka kanje, "umninindlu angeke anqamule [isivumelwano sokuqasha] ngokwehluleka ukukhokha izindleko sekwephuzile." Okuyinto, ngokuka-Floyd no-Barker, yenzeke e-St. Clair.

Mayelana nekhwalithi yezinkinga zempilo, uMnyango Wezempilo Yomphakathi waseCleveland ubala izikhalo ezingama-20 eSt. Clair ukubuyela emuva kuJulayi 2020, kufaka phakathi eziyisikhombisa zezinambuzane kanye nokuhlasela kwamagundane; ezine zokucosha udoti; ezimbili zekhwalithi yomoya wasendlini; kanye nezine zezimo zempilo jikelele.

Zonke izinsolo, okuhlanganisa nengxabano yemali yokuqasha sekwephuzile, abanikazi bezindlu baziphikile empendulweni yomthetho ngoFebhuwari 12. Ngemuva kokuthi iLegal Aid kanye neNhlangano Yabaqashi bafake isicelo sokuthi kuqulwe icala ngoMashi, abanikazi bezindlu baphendula ngesicelo sokuthi kuqulwe icala ngo-Ephreli 5. , isu elingokomthetho elivame ukusetshenziselwa ukususa icala ngaphambi kokuthi liqulwe yinkantolo.

"Bafake lowo mfushane bephendula," kusho u-Anna Seballos, ummeli weLegal Aid, etshela iScene ngoLwesithathu. "Kodwa kusukela namuhla, kusekhona iteyipu yokuxwayisa evale iminyango. Akubonakali ukuthi kuzoba khona okuzovimbela izivakashi ezingafunwa ukuba zingene."

Ngemuva kombhikisho omncane kanye nochungechunge lwezingxoxo nabezindaba, u-Floyd uthathe iSigcawu ngaphakathi kwe-St. Clair Place ukuze abeke okubonakalayo esikhalazweni sakhe esisemthethweni.

Indawo yokuphumula, lapho abanye bezijabulisa khona futhi abanye bekhokha irenti kukhompyutha yedeskithophu ye-HP i-Floyd eteketiswa ngokuthi "i-dinosaur," igcwele kancane: laphaya, eminye imishini yokuthengisa. Inqwaba yamabhokisi. Ukugoqa izihlalo namatafula. Itafula le-ping-pong, u-Floyd athi, liye laphulwa kusukela ngo-2022. "Akekho umuntu ozodlala i-ping pong kuleyo nto," kusho u-Floyd. "Isimungulu njengendoda (echazayo), indoda."

U-Floyd wangena ephasishi lapho upende omanzi wawusoma khona, ngeketango leteyiphu elixwayisa abaqashi mayelana "nomnyango omusha." "Hhayi cha new umnyango," kusho u-Floyd, njengoba evula umnyango ongemuva oshiwo ecaleni. Wavala umnyango, wabe esezama ukuwuvula ngefob. Wahlala uvaliwe. "Uyabona?" Kusho u-Floyd. "Ngikutshelile."

"Esikufunayo nje ibhilidi elisebenzayo," kusho u-Floyd, ebuyela endlini yokuphumula. Waqalaza ekamelweni. "Ngiqonde ukuthi, konke lokhu akumele kube njalo. Akufanele sibe nazo zonke lezi zihlalo futhi zonke zingahambisani (izinhlamba). Kuyahlekisa."

Umthombo: Cleveland Scene - Izakhamuzi Zase-St. Clair Place Apartment Zithi Abanikazi Bezindlu Bavumele Isakhiwo Sawela Ebunzimeni Okuyingozi