三年前,奥利弗和她的家人通过巴尔的摩流动住房计划(Baltimore Housing Mobility Program)搬到了郊区。这个项目已实施了近十年,旨在帮助贫困家庭搬入更好的社区居祝现在,奥利弗的儿子能够跟上学校的学习了,女儿的严重哮喘几乎痊愈了,而奥利弗自己也半工半读,一边兼职工作,一边上大学,目标是成为一名药物滥用顾问。奥利弗说,良好的居住环境、优质的空气和学校,这些都让我们的生活有了翻天覆地的变化。但搬家的影响远不止于此。
'You see families function in a normal way, where the parents go off to work, the kids go off to school,' she said. 'I don't think that my children will be a recipient of social services because my life has changed drastically and they see the change in me.'
奥利弗说,“你看到所有的家庭都在正常、有序地运转:父母出门去工作,孩子们去上学。我认为我的孩子不会沦为社会福利机构的收容对象了,因为我的生活彻底改变了,他们看到了我身上的变化。
Barbara Samuels, a housing attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland, which helps oversee the Baltimore program, said Ms. Oliver's story isn't unusual. 'There's kind of a sense of hopelessness, of being literally almost physically oppressed by your surroundings,' she said.
美国公民自由联盟(American Civil Liberties Union)马里兰州分会的房地产律师芭芭拉·塞缪尔斯(Barbara Samuels)参与监管了巴尔的摩流动住房计划的实施,她认为奥利弗的经历并不为奇。她说,“周围的环境会让你产生一种无望无助、身体受压的感觉。
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