As moratoriums end, need grows for utility assistance
As moratoriums that staved off utility disconnections cascade to an end, some families face a long winter unsure how they will keep the lights, heat and water on.
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Ticket to ride: Officials, riders debate the safety of riding the RTA during the pandemic
While no COVID-19 cases have been traced back to the Greater Cleveland RTA, the RTA has seen a large decrease in ridership, partly due to worries about safety. What can be done to bring those riders back?
Trying to prevent evictions one door knock at a time
Anna Powaski and Chad Falatic walk down the cracked sidewalk of a street in the Kinsman neighborhood, toward a small rental home with a sagging porch and a U-Haul moving truck in the driveway. They strike up a conversation with two men on the porch.
Red tape remains a high hurdle, but Cleveland still able to provide rental assistance to tenants
Tenants facing eviction in Cleveland Housing Court can access a temporary measure of relief through the current federal moratorium on evictions, and through the city and county’s rental aid programs. But, they’re no silver bullet.
How a housing-first strategy could save domestic violence survivors during a pandemic
Things were finally looking up for Ohio resident Caroline earlier this year. After being forced to leave her home for a time because of domestic violence, she was in her own rental, raising her young children, with a job.
Old school still rules: Lee-Harvard’s high census response rate could teach other neighborhoods a few tricks
Miles Hackney has lived in the Lee-Harvard neighborhood for more than 50 years. The brick and vinyl-sided colonial on the city’s east side was new when he bought it in 1968, and so was the neighborhood. Historically known as Cleveland’s “Black suburb in the city,” Lee-Harvard was a place of opportunity where Black people could afford to buy homes and raise their families in a good neighborhood.
As remote-only start looms, schools scramble to fix digital divide
With Cleveland Metropolitan School District soon returning to school in a remote-only format, the District is currently in a mad dash to prepare students, teachers and families for their first week of school with the COVID-19 pandemic still raging.
Cleveland shelters work to protect homeless from COVID-19
It’s a hot Friday morning at 2100 Lakeside Avenue as director of operations David Blunt walks out into the yard of the homeless shelter for men in central Cleveland.
Rental aid funds already going to ‘most critical’ cases; money still available for new applicants
There’s good news for tenants who have applied to the rental assistance programs set up by the city of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County—and for those who haven’t.
Organizations, congregations attempt to expand COVID-19 testing in poorer Cleveland neighborhoods
On a hot day in early June, Dr. Heidi Gullett, medical director at the Cuyahoga County Board of Health (CCBH), stood with a host of other public health workers in protective gear in the parking lot of the Word Church at 5900 Kinsman Road.
