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Momwe Westbrook Housing adafikira wamkulu wakale wa federal HUD

Wolemba Robert Lowell Staff Wolemba

Wobadwa ku Portland John Concannon, yemwe kale anali mkulu wa bungwe la U.S. Dipatimenti ya malo ogona ndi Urban Development, akukhazikika ngati mtsogoleri watsopano wa Westbrook Housing Authority.

Concannon akupuma pang'onopang'ono kwinaku akufunafuna ndalama zowonjezera kuchuluka kwa anthu am'deralo, nyumba zotsika mtengo.

“Timayang'anitsitsa bajeti ya federal,” Concannon adanena mu chipinda chake cha msonkhano ku Westbrook Housing. “Timayang'ana kuti tiwone zomwe zikuchitika.”

Concannon adamaliza ntchito yake ngati director wa HUD mu June ndipo adatenga utsogoleri wa Julayi 1 ku Westbrook Housing, m'malo mwa Chris Laroche, amene anapuma. Komiti ya mamembala asanu ndi awiri a oyang'anira nyumba adalemba ntchito Concannon pambuyo pofufuza m'dziko lonselo.

“Tili nazo kwambiri, mwayi kwambiri kumupeza,” Colette Gagnon, wapampando wa Westbrook Housing Board of Commissioners, adatero poyimba foni Monday.

Omaliza maphunziro a Catholic Jesuit College of Holy Cross, Concannon adadzipereka ndi pulogalamu ya aJesuit kuthandiza osowa pokhala pa Skid Row ku Los Angeles 2003, ndipo adatumikiranso chimodzimodzi ku Chicago mpaka 2006. Kutsatira sukulu yomaliza, adafunsira ntchito bwino ndi HUD, kuyambitsa ntchito yothandiza anthu osowa malo okhala.

Concannon adalembedwa ntchito panthawi ya Purezidenti Barack Obama, omwe adakumana nawo paphwando la Khrisimasi ku White House.

Adakwezedwa kukhala Wachiwiri kwa Director wa HUD ku 2018 ndipo adakhala director mu Disembala 2022. Ofesi ya Concannon inali mnyumba ya HUD pafupi ndi National Mall ku likulu la dzikolo. Ofesi ya mlembi wa HUD inali pamwamba.

Concannon adatumikira pansi pa apurezidenti atatu. “Ndinakanena kwa wachiwiri kwa mlembi wa HUD,” adatero.

Pa HUD, Concannon adayang'ana pakupanga mfundo zatsopano zowonjezerera mwayi wokhala ndi nyumba kuti apindule ndi anthu ambiri ndipo adayang'anira ogwira ntchito kufalikira m'dziko lonselo.. Anagwira nawo ntchito 140 mabungwe a nyumba m'dziko lonselo, kutumikira 600,000 mabanja. “Tiyenera kuyenda kwambiri,” adatero.

Pasadakhale ndikufika positi ya Westbrook, anasamutsira banja lake kuno zaka zinayi zapitazo. Iye ndi mkazi wake, Ann, kukhala ndi ana awiri, zaka 5 ndipo 2.

Concannon adasewera mpira ku Cheverus High School ku Portland ndipo ndi 1998 womaliza maphunziro. Mkazi wake ndi wophunzira wa Deering, koma iwo anakumana mu Philadelphia, komwe ankakhala nthawi ina akugwira ntchito ku HUD.

Iye anafunsira kwa Westbrook Nyumba kutsegula ataphunzira za kupezeka kwa kugwirizana boma Maine. Gagnon anafotokoza kuti Concannon anali wachinyamata komanso wokonda nthabwala.

Monga munthu waku Washington, Kusankhidwa kwa Concannon ku Westbrook Housing ntchito “m'malo mwathu,”Gagnon anatero.

Westbrook Nyumba ali 14 katundu ndi 1,800 mabanja ndipo akukonzekera kutsatira njira yakukula yomwe Laroche adakhazikitsa.

Concannon adati Nyumba ya Westbrook yaitanidwa ku Biddeford komwe ili ndi ntchito zinayi zomwe zikuyembekezeka. Amayamikira Laroche ndi a meya omwe amasankhidwa ndi komiti “bungwe loyendetsedwa bwino.”

Adzayang'anira ndodo ya 50 antchito ndipo adakumana nawo.

Amakonda kuyenda momasuka atasiya kuthamangira kukagwira 6 a.m. ndege kuchokera ku Portland kupita ku Washington ndikuyang'ana mahotela.

Tsopano ndabwerera kwathu, wapeza nthawi yokhala ndi banja lake ndipo onse awiri ndi mkazi wake ali ndi achibale kudera la Portland.

LaRoche akuchoka ku Westbrook Housing udindo

Wolemba Robert Lowell Staff Wolemba

Chris LaRoche apuma pantchito Lolemba, June 30, monga mtsogoleri wamkulu wa Westbrook Housing patapita zaka zoposa khumi. John Concannon, mbadwa ya Portland, adatchulidwa kuti alowe m'malo mwa LaRoche. Concannon amabwera ku Westbrook kuchokera pamalo a director ku U.S. Dipatimenti Yoona za Nyumba ndi Kutukula Mizinda ku Washington, D.C.

“Ndikumupatsa makiyi,” LaRoche adatero poyankhulana ndi June 20 ku ofesi yake ku Westbrook.

LaRoche wakhala wamkulu wamkulu kuposa 12 zaka. “Ndatopa pang'ono,” adatero. “Nditenga chilimwe kuti ndipumule.”

Akukonzekera kukhala ndi nthawi yocheza ndi banja lake ndikutsutsa demokalase. LaRoche amakhala ku York County ndipo akufuna kugwira ntchito yongodzipereka, zionetsero, ndikutenga maphunziro ku University of New England ndi UMaine System. “Ndikuyembekezera kukhala membala wagulu,” adatero. “Chinthu chachikulu ndikubwezera anthu ammudzi - ndikufuna kugawira masangweji.”

Westbrook Nyumba, unakhazikitsidwa 1969 ndikuyang'aniridwa ndi komiti ya makomishoni osankhidwa ndi mameya, imapereka mwayi wokhala ndi nyumba zotsika mtengo ndi 793 units mu 14 zomwe zikuchitika. “Takula pafupifupi 40%,” adatero pofotokoza za nthawi yake.

Bungweli limayang'aniranso zambiri kuposa 1,000 ma voucha mu Gawo 8 Pulogalamuyi kotero kuti anthu omwe amalandila ndalama zochepa amatha kukhala m'nyumba zapayekha mumzinda.

Ndalama zonse za Westbrook Housing pamodzi ndi Westbrook Development Corp. ali ndi ndalama zogwirira ntchito pachaka za $20 miliyoni ndi $130 miliyoni mu chuma chonse.

LaRoche adalongosola ntchito ya director director ngati yopindulitsa monga ikufunika. LaRoche ankayang'anira antchito a 50 ogwira ntchito ndipo wamva kuti ali ndi udindo kwa iwo. “Kupanikizika kudzatha,” adatero.

Wansembe wakale wa Chikatolika, Coast Guard ndi Navy veteran, LaRoche adayamba ntchito yake yaboma ku York County Community Action Corp. Ananyamuka ulendo wopita kukakwera 2,182 makilomita a Appalachian Trail kuchokera ku Mt. Katahdin ku Maine kupita ku Georgia. “Mailosi aliwonse ake,” adatero.

Anawona njoka zambiri za rattlesnake ndipo anasiya kuwerengera chiwerengero cha zimbalangondo pambuyo pake 25. Mmawa wina nthawi ya 5 koloko m'mawa. chimbalangondo chinali kunja kwa hema wake, koma adachokapo. “Imeneyo inandichititsa chidwi,” adatero.

Panjira, anakumana ndi anthu osiyanasiyana; ankayenda ndi anthu opanda pokhala komanso mkulu wa kampani ina yaikulu.

Mwana wamba, LaRoche anakulira ku Gardner, Massachusetts, mudzi womwe adawafotokozera ngati Westbrook. Iye adati Westbrook adamuvomereza ngati m'modzi wawo pomwe adalowa m'malo mwa John Gallagher ku Westbrook Housing.. ‘Anthu amene timawatumikira ndi tsiku lililonse, anthu wamba amene ankagwira ntchito mwakhama,” adatero.”Chosowa ndi chachikulu … (ndipo) Ndikukhulupirira kuti anthu aku Westbrook akumva kuti ndawatumikira monga John.”

Amayamika Westbrook chifukwa chodzipereka komanso kunyada kwawo. “Ndagwira ntchito kudera lonse la Maine ndipo kulibe dera ngati Westbrook,” adatero.

Pamwambo womwe unachitika kumayambiriro kwa mwezi uno, Meya David Morse adapatsa LaRoche makiyi amzindawu ndipo adayamika LaRoche ngati “gwero zosaneneka” amene wagwira ntchito “mosatopa.”

06/16/2025

Zimakhala zosangalatsa kwambiri kuti nditha kuyambitsa Mr. A John Concennon monga Woyang'anira Executive Woyang'anira nyumba ya Westbrook. Mukapuma pantchito yanga, Kugwira June 30, Yohane adzatsogolera nyumba yanyumba ndi gulu lake la Westbrook lomwe lili mu era yotsatira kuti lithetse umphawi kuti muchepetse umphawi ndi kuwonjezeka mwayi wachuma m'nyumba ndi dera. Gulu la oyang'anira liyenera kuyamikiridwa chifukwa cha masomphenya ake ndikudzipereka ku cholinga chathu posankha kwa John Conan Conan Conannnon ndi ukadaulo wotsogolera m'tsogolo mwake.

Pamene ndimachoka, Ndikufuna kuvomereza zomwe zachitika kwambiri, dolo, kusamala, ndi ogwira ntchito mwaluso omwe ndakhala ndi mwayi wokhala ndi pafupi ndi ine. Ndi iwo kuti tidatha kukhalabe paphiri la magwiridwe antchito ndikuwonjezera mapulogalamu athu ndikupanga zaka khumi ndi ziwiri zapitazi. Ndine wokondwa kwamuyaya pantchito ya Westbrook nyumba ndi Westbrook concoution.

Ndine wothokoza kwamuyaya komanso wofunitsitsa kuti ndikhale ndi mwayi wothandizana ndi mayina anyumba ya Westbrook ndi bolodi ya oyang'anira. Lakhala Ulemu ndi mwayi wotumikira anthu amuzinda wa Westbrook popeza zakhala mwayi wotumikiramo kutumikiramo mzinda wokhazikika mumzinda ndi udindo wanga wopatsa mwayi, ochinjiriza, nyumba yotsika kuderalo.

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Ulamuliro wa Westbrook Guing amatenga kunyada pokondwerera, olimbikitsa, ndikutsatira Nyumba Yabwino ya ufulu wachibadwidwe 1968 Pomwe timavomereza kuti nyumba ndi yoyang'anira nyumba ndi Purezidenti jondon Johnson pakufunika kwa anthu aku United States of America. '... pomwe. Dr. Martin Luther King, JR. adaphedwa pa Epulo 4, 1968, Purezidenti Hendon Johnson anagwiritsa ntchito tsoka ladzikoli kuti lilimbikitsidwe kuvomerezedwa. Popeza 1966 tsegulani maofesi a nyumba ku Chicago, Dr. Dzina la King linali logwirizana kwambiri ndi malamulo okhala nyumba. Purezidenti Johnson ankaona zochitika ngati chikumbutso chokwanira kumoyo wa munthuyu, ndipo ndikufuna kukhala ndi zomwe zidachitika asanafike. Maliro a mfumu ku Atlanta. ' Purezidenti wa lyndon Johnson zizindikiro zabwino kunyumba 1968.

Kuchita nyumba zabwino za 1968 Kuletsa tsankho logulitsa, Kubwereka ndi ndalama zanyumba zochokera pa mpikisano, chipembedzo, dziko kapena kugonana. Cholinga chake monga kutsatira kuchitira ufulu waboma 1964, Bill inali mutu wa zokambirana zokhala ndi senate, koma adaphedwa mwachangu kunyumba ya oimira misasa ataphedwa kwa Mtsogoleri wa Riser Remounity Staten Luther King, JR. Kuchita nyumba yabwino kumakhala ngati kukwaniritsa komaliza kwamalamulo kwa boma. [Gwero: Kuchita Nawo Nyumba Zabwino 1968, Fedulo & Opelewera | Mbiri yazakale ]

Mbiri Yabwino Nyumba Yabwino
Pa Epulo 11, 1968, Purezidenti Hendon Johnson adasaina ufulu wa CIPOLO 1968, zomwe zimatanthawuza monga kutsatira mpaka kuchitira ufulu waboma 1964. The 1968 Chitani zomwe zachitika m'mbuyomu komanso zidaletsa tsankho logulitsa, yobwereka, ndi ndalama zanyumba zochokera pa mpikisano, chipembedzo, amachokera, kugonana, (komanso kusinthidwa) Madicap ndi banja. Mutu wa VIII wa mchitidwewu umadziwikanso kuti ndi nyumba yabwino (wa 1968).

Chida cha Federal Cousting Guous chochita pa Epulo 11, 1968 adabwera pambuyo paulendo wautali komanso wovuta. Kuchokera 1966-1967, Congress nthawi zonse amawona kuti ngongole yabwino, koma kulephera kulimbana ndi kuchuluka kwamphamvu. Komabe, Pamene Chiv. Dr. Martin Luther King, JR. adaphedwa pa Epulo 4, 1968, Purezidenti Hendon Johnson anagwiritsa ntchito tsoka ladzikoli kuti lilimbikitsidwe kuvomerezedwa. Popeza 1966 tsegulani maofesi a nyumba ku Chicago, Dr. Dzina la King linali logwirizana kwambiri ndi malamulo okhala nyumba. Purezidenti Johnson ankaona zochitika ngati chikumbutso chokwanira kumoyo wa munthuyu, ndipo ndikufuna kukhala ndi zomwe zidachitika asanafike. Maliro a King ku Atlanta.

Vuto lina lalikulu panthawiyi inali mndandanda wovuta wochokera ku Vietnam. Amwalira ku Vietnam adalemera pa zazing'ono, African yosauka-American ndi Spain. Komabe, Kutsogolo Kwanyumba, Mabanja a amuna awa sakanatha kugula kapena kubwereketsa nyumba m'malo ena okhala chifukwa cha mtundu wawo kapena dziko. Mabungwe apadera ngati Naacp, Ginamu, Magulu a National (Namita) ndi komiti yadziko yosemphana ndi tsankho la nyumba zomwe zimakusangalatsani chifukwa cha nyumba yanyumba yochita nyumba yabwino komanso yothandizanso. Manjator Edward Brooke Brooke ndi Edward Kennedy wa Massachusetts amakangana kwambiri kuti adulidwe. Makamaka, Senator Brooke, American-waku America-waku America yemwe amasankhidwa kukhala senate ndi voti lotchuka, analankhula zabwerera kwawo ku Nkhondo Yadziko II komanso kulephera kupereka nyumba yosankha banja lake latsopano chifukwa cha mtundu wake.

Ndi mizinda yoyipa pambuyo pa Dr. Kuphedwa kwa Mfumu, ndi chiwonongeko chikuyenda mu gawo lililonse la United States, Mawu a Purezidenti ndi atsogoleri achifumu adapumira belu chifukwa cha nyumba ya oyimilira, omwe pambuyo pake adadutsa nyumba yabwino. Popanda kutsutsana, Nyumba ya Senate idatsata nyumbayo m'ndime yake, omwe Purezidenti Johnson adasankhidwa mu malamulo.

Mphamvu Zosankha Oyang'anira Oyambirira Akuyang'anira Umboniwo adagwera pa Preward Purezidenti, Richard Nixon. Purezidenti Nixon adajambula ndiye kazembe wa Michigan, George Romney, Pakulemba kwa mlembi wa nyumba ndi urban. Pomwe akutumikira monga kazembe, Chinsinsi Romney chinali chitathamangitsa Campa adayang'anira kuvomerezedwa ndi madongosolo omwe adaletsa tsankho. Purezidenti Nixon adasankhanso Samiel Simmons monga Secretary yoyamba yothandizira nyumba yofananira nyumba.

PA Epulo 1969 wafika, HUD sinathe kuyembekezera kukondwerera chikondwerero cha Action. Mkati mwa chaka chovuta chimenecho, HUD imatsirizira mutu wa VIIIII kumunda wa VIII, ndikukhazikitsa njira yodandaula. Mu chikondwerero chenicheni, Hud adanyamula chiwembu cha gala mu Grand Balm of New York's Hotel. Kuchokera ku fuko lonse, Olimbikitsa ndi andale adagawana nthawi yodabwitsayi, kuphatikiza umodzi mwa mabungwe omwe adayambitsa zonse — Komiti ya National Molingana ndi tsankho.

M'zaka zotsatira, mwambo wokondwerera mwezi wokongola uzikula bwino komanso wokulirapo. Abwanamkubwa adayamba kufalikira komwe kudasankhidwa pa Epulo monga “Mwezi wokongola,” ndi masukulu m'dziko lonselo ndi mipikisano yokhudza mipikisano yomwe imayang'ana pa nkhani zabwino. Opambana kuderali kuchokera pamipikisano imeneyi nthawi zambiri ankakonda kupita ku Washington, DC ya zochitika ndi Hud ndi Oimira Awo Pachifumu.

Pansi pa Acler Alersary James T. Lynn ndi Carla Hills, Ndi mgwirizano ndi gulu la National of Coweicers, National Association of Expetors, ndi kutsatsa kwa Counral Councis Magulu awa adatengera nyumba yabwino monga mutu wawo ndikupereka “kwaulere” malo osungirako mtundu wonsewo. Mapazi okwanira 20 ndi ma 2-mapazi okwera pamatabwa oyang'anira nyumba yoyandikana nawo, malo opangira mafakitale, zigawo za Agrarision ndi Urban Cores. Dera lililonse linalinso ndi zikondwerero zake, Misonkhano, kuvala, Mpikisano ndi wailesi yakanema amawonetsa kuti ndi HUD, boma ndi akatswiri okwatirana ndi akuluakulu. Zikondwerero izi zikupitiliza mzimu kumbuyo koyambirira kwa chinthucho, ndipo amakumbukiridwa mwachikondi ndi omwe analipo kuyambira pachiyambi. [Gwero: Mbiri Yabwino Nyumba Yabwino – HUD | HUD.GOV / U.S. Dipatimenti ya malo ogona ndi Urban Development (HUD) ]