Ua napoʻo ka lā i ka hoʻokipa ʻana o María Estevez i nā kākoʻo he 30 i kona pā liʻiliʻi ma mua o Boston no ka makaʻala i kēia hāʻule. Ua hoʻonani ʻia ka home o kona ʻohana no 10 mau makahiki me nā hōʻailona ʻelua ʻōlelo me nā slogan e like me "Beat Back the Bank Attack." Ke koi nei nā mea kākoʻo iā Chase Bank e ʻae i ka ʻohana Estevez e noho i ko lākou home.

ʻO ka hoʻoweliweli ʻana o ka hoʻokuke ʻana he mea ʻino pālua ia no Estevez-no ka mea ʻaʻole ia i hoʻoweliweli wale i kona noho ʻana akā i kona ola. ʻO ia kahi mea hoʻolako mālama kula home laikini, ua mālama ʻo ia i nā keiki he 35 a ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i ʻelua mau kumu kula kamaliʻi i nā makahiki ʻeiwa i hala.

ʻO Chase Bank, kona konohiki mai ka makahiki 2010, ua hoʻāʻo pinepine e kipaku i kona ʻohana. Ua hāʻawi ʻo ia e hoʻolimalima a kūʻai hou i kona home e pili ana i kāna waiwai i koho ʻia, akā hōʻole ʻo Chase e kūkākūkā.

ʻIke maopopo ʻaʻole helu ka panakō i nā makahiki o Estevez o ka ʻike e kōkua ana i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i kāna mau hoa mālama keiki ma o Nā limahana lawelawe (SEIU) kūloko 509. ʻOiai ua ʻike ʻo ia i ka nui o kona mau hoalauna e hoʻoweliweli ʻia e nā panakō no ka haʻalele ʻana i ko lākou mau home, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i manaʻo e lawe i kahi wahi hoʻoneʻe liʻiliʻi a hele mālie.

ʻOiai ma mua o kona hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana ma muli o nā hōʻaiʻē predatory mai ka Countrywide kaulana a i kēia manawa-defunct a me Washington Mutual, ua komo ʻo Estevez ma 2009 i kahi Bank Tenants Association no nā mea hale liʻiliʻi i ka paʻa.

He papahana ka Ahahui no ka hui hooponopono hale Kulanakauhale/Vida Urbana. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Steve Meacham, ka mea hoʻonohonoho hoʻonohonoho o ka hui, i kāna ʻoihana ma kahi pā moku ma Boston ma ka hui hana moku. I kona lilo ʻana i mea hana hale, ua hana ʻo ia i ka slogan "He hui ma ka hana a he hui ma ka home!"

HANA KUI

Ma lalo o ke kānāwai Massachusetts, hiki i nā konohiki ke hoʻonui i nā hoʻolimalima i nā manawa a pau a lākou e makemake ai a kipaku me ke kumu ʻole—e like me ka poʻe paʻahana ʻole. ʻO nā hui hoʻolimalima e like me nā mea i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e City Life ua hiki ke lanakila, ʻo ia hoʻi, nā ʻaelike kūkākūkā hui me nā konohiki, wehewehe ʻo Meacham.

"Ma kahi e kūkākūkā ai ka hui hana i ka piʻi ʻana o ka uku a pale i nā kī kī ʻole i ka wā o ka ʻaelike, kūkākūkā kahi hui hoʻolimalima i nā palena no ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hoʻolimalima a pale i nā kipaku hewa ʻole i ka wā o ka ʻaelike," wahi āna. "Ua hoʻololi mākou i kēia hoʻolālā hoʻonohonoho e kūkulu i kahi hui hoʻolimalima no ka poʻe nona ka konohiki he panakō, i mea e hakakā ai no nā hoʻonā hui ʻana i ka pilikia foreclosure."

Ke paʻa ka hale, ma ke kānāwai, aia i ka panakō nā kuleana a me nā kuleana o ke konohiki—me ke kuleana e hana hou a me ke kuleana e kipaku.

Ma ka Ahahui Hoolimalima Bank, hui na hoaaina a me na mea hale kākoʻo like a me ka hana hui. Hoʻopili ka hui iā lākou me nā Legal Services e hakakā i ka hoʻokuke ʻana i ka ʻaha a kōkua iā lākou e kākau i kahi ʻōlelo koi i ka mea hoʻoholo i kā lākou hihia, i kope ʻia i kā lākou poʻe koho. Hāpai ka hui i nā kānāwai a me nā kulekele aupuni no ka pale ʻana i ka poʻe nona ka hale a, ʻo ka mea nui, kōkua iā lākou e hoʻoikaika i nā panakō ma o ka kūʻē ʻana i ka lehulehu.

Ua hana hou ʻia ke ʻano hui ma nā kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe ma o ka ʻO ka poʻe hana a me ka poʻe kamaʻāina hou o ʻEnelani e hoʻonohonoho ana e kūʻē i ka neʻe ʻana (NEW ROAD). a me ka lahui ma o ka Pono i ke Kulanakauhale Alliance.

No ka mea ua ʻoi aku ka ʻeha o nā mea mālama keiki ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe e ka paʻa ʻana, ua hoʻomaka nā hui hoʻolimalima e hana pili me ka uniona mālama keiki. Springfield ʻAʻohe Haʻalele, he hui anti-eviction ma ke komohana o Massachusetts, ua hoʻonui i 10 mau lā mālama lā i hoʻoweliweli ʻia a pani ʻia paha e ka paʻa ʻana i ko lākou kūlanakauhale i ka makahiki i hala.

ʻO Patricia Daniel ka mea noho ma Springfield he lālā o Local 509 me ka manaʻolana e ʻike i kahi kuʻikahi mua me ka mokuʻāina no nā limahana mālama keiki (ke kūkākūkā ʻia nei ka ʻaelike). "ʻO mākou nā kahu mālama lā e hoʻokomo i ko mākou naʻau i kā mākou hana, ʻaʻole i uku ʻia no kā mākou mau hola lōʻihi ʻaʻole i kumu wale nō akā he kahu hale a kuke hoʻi," wahi a Daniel.

Akā i ka hala ʻana o kāna kāne i ka makahiki 2010, ua waiho ʻia ʻo ia ke kuleana no ka moraki ʻekolu manawa o ka waiwai o ka waiwai. Ua hōʻole ka panakō e hoʻololi i nā ʻōlelo.

Ua lawe ʻo Fannie Mae i kona home, kahi āna i mālama ai i nā keiki ʻehā, i ka makahiki 2011. ʻAʻole makemake ʻo ia e hoʻopilikia i kāna laikini mālama kula a me ka palekana o kāna mau haumāna ma muli o ka mālama ʻole ʻana o ka panakō i ka waiwai, ua pani ʻo Daniel me ka makemake ʻole. He alakaʻi ʻo ia ma Springfield No One Leaves a ke hakakā nei ʻo ia i kāna kipaku ʻana ma hope o ka paʻa ʻana.

BANAKO-'AINA MALUNA

Ke alakaʻi nei ʻo Antonio Ennis, ka limahana o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo City Life i nā hoʻolaha kīkēkē puka ma nā wahi kiʻekiʻe o Boston. I Nowemapa, ua hālāwai ʻo ia me kahi wahine ma Dorchester nona kāna ʻoihana mālama keiki i pani ʻia e ka wai kahe wai i loko o ka hale haʻahaʻa - ʻaʻole i hana ka konohiki ʻāina ʻo Fannie Mae e hoʻomaʻemaʻe.

Hoʻopili ʻo Ennis i kēlā mau kamaʻāina i ka neʻe ʻana o ka pono hale a koi aku iā lākou e hui pū a lilo i ko lākou hui.

Inā hiki ke lanakila ʻo Local 509 i kahi ʻaelike me ka uku a me nā pōmaikaʻi i hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia, hiki iā ia ke hoʻokomo i nā lālā i kahi kūlana ikaika e kūkākūkā me nā panakō e hoʻopaʻa ʻia a hoʻopaʻa i ko lākou hale. "ʻO kā mākou hui pū ʻana me City Life ua lawe mai i kā mākou ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo ma ka inoa o nā mea mālama keiki ʻohana i kahi pae hou," wahi a Isabel Gonzalez-Webster, ka luna o nā lawelawe kula mālama keiki ma ka wahi.

ʻO Nair Alabachian o Lynn, Massachusetts, ʻo ia kekahi lālā 509 kūloko ʻaʻole malihini i ka hakakā.

Ua hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he kumu ma kona ʻāina ʻo Bolivia, ua hoʻohuli ʻo Alabachian i kona makemake no ke aʻo ʻana i ka hana ʻana i kahi mālama kula ʻohana mua. Ua komo ʻo ia i ka uniona mālama lā e koi aku i nā kumuwaiwai hou aʻe a me ke kālā no nā mea hoʻolako a me nā mākua.

ʻO nā mea a pau i hoʻoweliweli ʻia i kona hāʻule ʻana ma hope o kāna uku moraki hoʻonui. Ma hope o ke koi ʻia ʻana e noi hou i 10 mau manawa no ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka hōʻaiʻē, manaʻo ka ʻohana Alabachian ua hoʻopau hope lākou i ko lākou mau pilikia i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ka panakō e ʻae i nā uku hoʻokolokolo i hoʻololi ʻia - e hōʻole wale iā lākou i kahi hoʻololi mau.

Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia a me ka waimaka, ua haʻi hope ʻo Alabachian i kahi hoaaloha, nāna i alakaʻi iā ia i ka hālāwai pule o kēlā me kēia pule. Lynn United no ka Hoololi, e paio ana i na kipaku.

Ma laila i huli ai nā mea a pau. Ua pale ʻo Alabachian i ka haʻalele ʻana a mālama i kāna mālama mālama. I kēia manawa ua ikaika ʻo ia ma Lynn United for Change a ma nā kūkākūkā ʻaelike hui.

Noho ʻo ia ma ka ʻōlelo i kākau ʻia ma nā ʻāpana Bolivian, "La union hace la fuerza": "ʻO ko mākou ikaika ka hui."

PAHIHI A ME KA PAKA

Ma ka makaʻala o ka ʻohana Estevez, ua hui pū nā mea mālama lā a me nā mea hoʻonohonoho Local 509 me nā mea nona ka hale a me nā mea hoʻolimalima kuleana.

Ua hele mai ka ʻaha kūkā o ke kūlanakauhale a me ka moho mayoral ʻo Felix Arroyo, he limahana hana uniona ma mua, i ka makaʻala e hoʻohiki i kāna kākoʻo. ʻOiai ʻaʻole i lilo ʻo Arroyo i mayora, ua hoʻoholo ʻia kāna ʻoihana "Invest in Boston" i ʻOkakopa a hoʻopau i ka veto mayoral. I kēia manawa ua hoʻohuli ʻia ke kālā o ke kūlanakauhale mai nā panakō e like me Chase e ʻimi nei i ka hoʻokuke ʻana ma hope o ka paʻa.

Ua paʻa ʻo Estevez i kahi pahi kaua plastik a me ka pale kaua, a hoʻohiki e hoʻomau i ka hakakā.

ʻO María Christina Blanco kahi mea hoʻonohonoho kaiaulu ma City Life/Vida Urbana.