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Yadda Westbrook Housing ya saukar da al'ummar tsohon shugaban HUD na tarayya

Daga Robert Lowell Marubuci Ma'aikaci

Dan asalin Portland John Concannon, tsohon darektan U.S. Ma'aikatar Gidaje da Urban Development, yana zaune a matsayin sabon darektan gudanarwa na Hukumar Gidajen Westbrook.

Concannon yana shan numfashi yayin neman kuɗi don faɗaɗa adadin gida, rahusa gidaje masu araha.

“Muna sa ido sosai kan kasafin kudin tarayya,” Concannon ya fada a dakin taronsa da ke Westbrook Housing. “Muna kallo don ganin abin da ya faru.”

Concannon ya kammala aikinsa a matsayin darektan HUD a watan Yuni kuma ya karɓi ragamar Yuli 1 a Westbrook Housing, ya gaji Chris Laroche, wanda yayi ritaya. Kwamitin kwamishinonin mambobi bakwai na hukumar gidaje sun dauki hayar Concannon bayan wani bincike na kasa baki daya.

“Mun samu sosai, yayi sa'ar samun sa,” Colette Gagnon, shugaban kwamitin gidaje na Westbrook, In ji litinin a wayar tarho.

Ya kammala karatun digiri na Kwalejin Jesuit na Katolika na Holy Cross, Concannon ya ba da kansa tare da shirin Jesuit don taimakawa marasa gida akan Skid Row a Los Angeles a 2003, kuma ya yi aiki irin wannan a Chicago har zuwa 2006. Bayan kammala karatun digiri, ya nemi aiki cikin nasara a HUD, ƙaddamar da sana'ar taimaka wa mutanen da ke buƙatar wuraren zama.

An yi hayar Concannon a lokacin mulkin Shugaba Barack Obama, wanda daga baya ya sadu da shi a wani bikin Kirsimeti a Fadar White House.

An kara masa girma zuwa mataimakin daraktan HUD a 2018 kuma ya zama darakta a watan Disamba 2022. Ofishin Concannon yana cikin ginin HUD kusa da National Mall a babban birnin ƙasar. Ofishin sakataren HUD yana kan bene na sama.

Concannon yayi aiki a karkashin shugabanni uku. “Na kai rahoto ga mataimakin mataimakin sakataren HUD,” Yace.

na HUD, Concannon ya mayar da hankali kan haɓaka sabbin manufofi don faɗaɗa damar gidaje don amfanar da mutane da yawa kuma ya sa ido kan ma'aikatan da ke bazu ko'ina cikin ƙasar.. Ya yi aiki tare 140 hukumomin gidaje a fadin kasar, yin hidima 600,000 iyalai. “Mun yi tafiya da yawa,” Yace.

To a gaba na saukowa da Westbrook post, ya ƙaura da iyalinsa a nan shekaru huɗu da suka wuce. Shi da matarsa, Ann, suna da yara biyu, shekaru 5 da kuma 2.

Concannon ya buga ƙwallon ƙafa a makarantar sakandare ta Cheverus a Portland kuma shi ne a 1998 kammala karatun digiri. Matarsa ​​ta kammala karatun Deering, amma sun hadu a Philadelphia, inda ya taba zama yana aiki da HUD.

Ya nemi buɗaɗɗen Gidajen Westbrook bayan ya sami labarin samuwar sa daga haɗin gwiwar gwamnati a Maine.. Gagnon ya bayyana Concannon a matsayin matashi kuma yana da ma'ana mai kyau.

A matsayin Washington insider, Alƙawari na Concannon a Westbrook Housing yana aiki “a cikin yardarmu,”Gagnon ya ce.

Westbrook Housing yana 14 Properties tare da 1,800 gidaje kuma yana shirin bin tsarin ci gaban Laroche da aka kafa.

Concannon ya ce an gayyaci Westbrook Housing zuwa Biddeford inda yake da ayyuka hudu a cikin bututun. Ya yabawa Laroche da shugaban karamar hukumar da aka nada “kungiya ce mai kyau.”

Zai kula da ma'aikatan 50 ma'aikata kuma ya sadu da su.

Yana jin daɗin tafiya cikin jin daɗi bayan ya bar baya da gudu don kamawa 6 a.m. tashi daga Portland zuwa Washington da duba otal.

Yanzu dawo gida, ya sami lokacin zama da iyalinsa kuma shi da matarsa ​​suna da dangi a yankin Portland.

LaRoche yayi ritaya daga Westbrook Housing matsayi

Daga Robert Lowell Marubuci Ma'aikaci

Chris LaRoche zai yi ritaya ranar Litinin, Yuni 30, a matsayin babban darektan Westbrook Housing bayan fiye da shekaru goma. John Concannon, dan asalin Portland, an nada shi don ya gaji LaRoche. Concannon ya zo Westbrook daga matsayin darekta a U.S. Sashen Gidaje da Ci gaban Birane a Washington, D.C.

“Ina mika masa makullin,” LaRoche ya ce a cikin wata hira Yuni 20 a ofishinsa na Westbrook.

LaRoche ya kasance babban darektan fiye da haka 12 shekaru. “Na dan gaji,” Yace. “Zan dauki lokacin rani don shakatawa.”

Ya shirya zama tare da iyalinsa da zanga-zangar neman dimokradiyya. LaRoche yana zaune a gundumar York kuma yana shirin yin aikin sa kai, zanga-zangar, kuma ku ɗauki kwasa-kwasan a Jami'ar New England da Tsarin UMaine. “Ina fatan zama memba na al'umma,” Yace. “Babban abu shine mayarwa ga al'umma - Ina so in ba da sandwiches.”

Westbrook Gidaje, kafa a 1969 kuma kwamitin kwamishinonin da aka nada daga magajin gari ne ke kula da su, yana ba da damar gidaje masu araha tare da 793 raka'a a 14 ci gaba. “Mun girma kusan 40%,” In ji shi dangane da zamansa.

Hukumar kuma tana gudanar da fiye da haka 1,000 baucoci a cikin wani Sashe 8 shirin don haka mazauna masu karamin karfi za su iya zama a cikin gidaje masu zaman kansu a cikin birni.

Jimlar kasafin gidaje na Westbrook tare da Westbrook Development Corp. yana da kasafin aiki na shekara-shekara na $20 miliyan da $130 miliyan a jimlar dukiya.

LaRoche ya bayyana aikin darektan a matsayin mai lada kamar yadda ake buƙata. LaRoche ya kula da ma'aikatan 50 ma'aikata kuma ya ji wani nauyi a kansu. “Danniya zai kashe,” Yace.

Tsohon limamin Katolika, Coast Guard da Navy tsohon soja, LaRoche ya fara hidimar jama'a a York County Community Action Corp. Ya tafi don kasada don yawo da 2,182 mil na Titin Appalachian daga Mt. Katahdin in Maine to Jojiya. “Kowane mil na shi,” Yace.

Ya ga macizai da yawa kuma ya daina kirga adadin beyar bayan 25. Wata safiya da karfe 5 na safe. Beyar tana wajen tantinsa, amma ya tafi. “Wancan ya dauki hankalina,” Yace.

Tare da hanya, ya hadu da mutane iri-iri; ya yi tattaki tare da marasa gida da kuma babban jami'in gudanarwa a wani babban kamfani.

A baby boomer, LaRoche ya girma a Gardner, Massachusetts, al'ummar da ya bayyana kamar Westbrook. Ya ce Westbrook sun yarda da shi a matsayin daya daga cikin nasu lokacin da ya gaji John Gallagher a Westbrook Housing. 'Mutanen da muke yi wa hidima kullum ne, mutanen da suka yi aiki tukuru,” Yace.”Bukatar tana da girma … (da kuma) Ina fata mutanen Westbrook suna jin cewa na yi musu hidima kamar yadda John.”

Ya yaba wa Westbrook saboda aikin sa kai da kuma girman kan al'umma. “Na yi aiki a duk faɗin jihar Maine kuma babu wata al'umma kamar Westbrook,” Yace.

A wani biki a farkon wannan watan, Magajin gari David Morse ya gabatar da LaRoche da makullan birnin kuma ya yaba da LaRoche a matsayin “albarkatu mai ban mamaki” wanda yayi aiki “ba gajiyawa.”

06/16/2025

Abin farin ciki ne da na iya gabatar da Mr. John Concannon a matsayin Babban Darakta na Hukumar Gidaje na Birnin Westbrook. Bayan na yi ritaya, mai tasiri a ranar 30 ga Yuni, John zai jagoranci Hukumar Kula da Gidaje da Kamfanin Ci gaban Westbrook zuwa wani zamani na gaba don ciyar da manufar kawar da talauci da haɓaka damar tattalin arziki ta hanyar ingantaccen gidaje masu araha ga al'umma da yankin.. Ya kamata a yaba wa Hukumar Kwamishinonin don hangen nesa da himma ga manufarmu ta hanyar zabar John Concannon da hangen nesa da gwaninta don jagorantar kungiyar zuwa makomarta..

Yayin da na tashi, Ina so in yaba da himma sosai, sana'a, kula, da ƙwararrun abokan aiki waɗanda na yi sa'ar kasancewa tare da ni. Tare da su ne muka sami damar ci gaba da kasancewa a koli na aiki tare da fadada shirye-shiryenmu da samarwa a cikin shekaru goma sha biyu da suka gabata.. Ni har abada godiya ga ma'aikatan Westbrook Housing Authority da Westbrook Development Corporation.

Ni har abada godiya da karramawa na yi hidima ga goyon baya da hangen nesa Board of Commissioners of Westbrook Housing da Board of Directors na Westbrook Development Corporation. Ya kasance abin alfahari da gata yin hidima ga jama’ar birnin Westbrook saboda abin alfahari ne na yi hidima tare da sadaukarwar Hukumar Birni da zaɓaɓɓun jami’ai waɗanda suka himmatu wajen tallafawa Hukumar Kula da Gidaje da kuma rawar da nake takawa don samar da inganci., lafiya, gidaje masu araha ga yankin.

Cikin girmamawa,

Christopher LaRoche
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Westbrook Housing Authority daukan girman kai a bikin, inganta, da kuma riko da Adalci Gidaje na Civil Rights Dokar na 1968 kamar yadda muka yarda da Dokar Gidajen Gaskiya da kuma martanin Shugaba Lyndon Johnson game da bukatar mutanen Amurka.. ''...lokacin da Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. an kashe shi ne a watan Afrilu 4, 1968, Shugaba Lyndon Johnson ya yi amfani da wannan bala'i na kasa don neman amincewar Majalisar cikin gaggawar kudirin. Tun daga 1966 bude gidaje maci a Chicago, Dr. Sunan King ya kasance yana da alaƙa da ƙa'idodin gidaje na gaskiya. Shugaba Johnson ya kalli Dokar a matsayin abin tunawa da ya dace da aikin rayuwar mutumin, da fatan an zartar da dokar kafin Dr. Jana'izar King a Atlanta.' Shugaba Lyndon Johnson ya rattaba hannu kan Dokar Gidajen Gaskiya ta 1968.

The Fair Housing Act of 1968 haramta wariya game da sayarwa, haya da kuɗaɗen gidaje bisa kabilanci, addini, asalin ƙasa ko jima'i. An yi niyya a matsayin bin Dokar Haƙƙin Bil Adama na 1964, kudurin dai ya kasance batun cece-kuce a majalisar dattawa, amma majalisar wakilai ta amince da shi cikin gaggawa a cikin kwanaki bayan kisan jagoran kare hakkin jama'a Martin Luther King, Jr. Dokar Gidajen Gaskiya ita ce babbar nasara ta ƙarshe na lokacin 'yancin ɗan adam. [source: Dokar Gidajen Gaskiya 1968, Tarayya & Ma'anarsa | TARIHI ]

TARIHIN GIDAN GASKIYA
A watan Afrilu 11, 1968, Shugaba Lyndon Johnson ya sanya hannu kan Dokar 'Yancin Bil'adama ta 1968, wanda aka yi nufin bibiyar dokar kare hakkin jama'a ta 1964. A 1968 Dokar ta faɗaɗa kan ayyukan da suka gabata kuma ta haramta wariya game da siyarwa, haya, da kuma ba da kuɗin gidaje bisa kabilanci, addini, kasa asalin, jima'i, (kuma kamar yadda aka gyara) nakasu da matsayin iyali. Taken na VIII na Dokar kuma ana san shi da Dokar Gidajen Gaskiya (na 1968).

Ƙaddamar da Dokar Gidaje ta Tarayya a watan Afrilu 11, 1968 ya zo ne kawai bayan doguwar tafiya mai wahala. Daga 1966-1967, Majalisa a kai a kai tana yin la'akari da lissafin gidaje na gaskiya, amma ya kasa samun isasshen rinjaye don wucewa. Duk da haka, lokacin da Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. an kashe shi ne a watan Afrilu 4, 1968, Shugaba Lyndon Johnson ya yi amfani da wannan bala'i na kasa don neman amincewar Majalisar cikin gaggawar kudirin. Tun daga 1966 bude gidaje maci a Chicago, Dr. Sunan King ya kasance yana da alaƙa da ƙa'idodin gidaje na gaskiya. Shugaba Johnson ya kalli Dokar a matsayin abin tunawa da ya dace da aikin rayuwar mutumin, da fatan an zartar da dokar kafin Dr. Jana'izar King a Atlanta.

Wani muhimmin batu a wannan lokacin shi ne yawan adadin wadanda suka mutu daga Vietnam. Mutuwar da aka yi a Vietnam ta fi yawa akan matasa, matalautan Ba-Amurke-Amurka da ƴan-sandan Hispanic. Duk da haka, a gaban gida, iyalan wadannan mazan ba za su iya saya ko hayar gidaje a wasu ci gaban zama ba saboda launin fata ko asalin ƙasarsu. Ƙungiyoyi na musamman kamar NAACP, Dandalin GI, kungiyar dillalan gidaje ta kasa (Ba ya aiki) sannan kwamitin yaki da wariya a gidaje ya jajirce matuka wajen ganin majalisar dattawa ta amince da dokar samar da gidaje da kuma gyara wannan rashin adalci.. Sanatoci Edward Brooke da Edward Kennedy na Massachusetts sun yi gardama sosai game da zartar da wannan doka. Musamman, Sanata Brooke, Ba'amurke ɗan Afirka na farko da aka taɓa zaɓe shi a Majalisar Dattawa ta hanyar ƙuri'ar jama'a, ya yi magana da kansa game da dawowar sa daga yakin duniya na biyu da rashin iya samar da gidan da ya zaba don sabon iyalinsa saboda launin fata..

Tare da tarzoma a garuruwan bayan Dr. Kisan Sarki, da kuma barna tana karuwa a kowane yanki na Amurka, kalaman Shugaba Johnson da shugabannin majalisa sun buga kararrawa na dalilin majalisar wakilai, wanda daga baya ya zartar da Dokar Gidajen Gaskiya. Ba tare da muhawara ba, Majalisar dattawa ta bi majalisar wajen amincewa da dokar, wanda Shugaba Johnson ya sanya hannu a kan doka.

Ikon nada jami'ai na farko da ke gudanar da dokar ya fada kan magajin Shugaba Johnson, Richard Nixon. Shugaba Nixon ya buga gwamnan Michigan a lokacin, George Romney, a matsayin sakataren gidaje da raya birane. Yayin da yake Gwamna, Sakatare Romney ya yi nasarar yakin neman amincewa da wani tanadin kundin tsarin mulkin jihar wanda ya haramta wariya a gidaje. Shugaba Nixon ya kuma nada Samuel Simmons a matsayin Mataimakin Sakatare na Farko na Damarar Gidajen Daidaita..

Lokacin Afrilu 1969 isa, HUD ba ta iya jira don bikin cikar Dokar ta 1st. A cikin waccan shekarar farko, HUD ta kammala Littafin Jagoran Ayyukan Filin Take na VIII, kuma ya kafa tsarin ƙararrakin da aka tsara. A cikin salon biki na gaske, HUD ta shirya taron gala a Grand Ballroom na Otal ɗin Plaza na New York. Daga ko'ina cikin kasar, 'yan siyasa da masu fafutuka sun yi tarayya a wannan maraice mai ban mamaki, ciki har da daya daga cikin kungiyoyin da suka fara shi duka — kwamitin yaki da wariya a gidaje.

A cikin shekaru masu zuwa, al'adar bikin Watan Gidaje Mai Kyau ya ƙaru da girma. Gwamnonin sun fara fitar da sanarwar da ta ayyana Afrilu a matsayin “Watan Gidaje Mai Adalci,” kuma makarantu a fadin kasar sun dauki nauyin gasar fosta da makala wadanda suka mayar da hankali kan al'amuran gidaje na gaskiya. Masu nasara na yanki daga waɗannan gasa sukan ji daɗin balaguro zuwa Washington, DC don abubuwan da suka faru tare da HUD da wakilan su na Majalisa.

Karkashin tsohon Sakatare James T. Lynn da Carla Hills, tare da hadin gwiwar kungiyar masu ginin gida ta kasa, Ƙungiyar Realtors ta ƙasa, da Majalisar Tallace-tallacen Amurka waɗannan ƙungiyoyin sun ɗauki kyawawan gidaje a matsayin jigon su kuma sun samar “kyauta” sararin allo a duk fadin kasar. Waɗannan manyan allunan talla masu ƙafa 20 da ƙafa 14 sun sanya saƙon gidaje na gaskiya a cikin unguwanni, cibiyoyin masana'antu, yankunan noma da manyan birane. Kowane yanki ma yana da nasa bukukuwa, tarurruka, abincin dare, gasa da nunin talbijin na rediyo waɗanda ke nuna HUD, Kwararru da jami'ai na baje kolin gidaje na jihohi da masu zaman kansu. Waɗannan bukukuwan suna ci gaba da ruhin da ke bayan sashe na asali na Dokar, kuma waɗanda suke can tun farko suna tunawa da su sosai. [source: Tarihin Gidajen Gaskiya – Hud | HUD.gov / U.S. Ma'aikatar Gidaje da Urban Development (Hud) ]