PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Adeola Deloatch on City of Yes for Housing Opportunity
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127 sec
Adeola Deloatch, an immigrant from Nigeria, passionately supports the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity proposal. She shares her personal experience with homelessness and domestic violence, highlighting the urgent need for affordable housing in New York City. Her testimony emphasizes the challenges faced by vulnerable populations, including victims of domestic violence and homeless individuals, in finding suitable housing.
- Deloatch spent time in a shelter due to domestic violence and immigration status issues, which affected her ability to retain custody of her children
- She describes the struggles of many shelter residents who have city vouchers but cannot find housing to move out
- Deloatch currently lives in a basement room, which still jeopardizes her custody case
Adeola Deloatch
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Good afternoon.
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My name is Adiola De Loch.
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I'm originally from Nigeria, and I'm working for the city of DS.
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To support the outstanding opportunity fee.
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And I'm standing on behalf of myself, and I'm standing on behalf of the homeless people.
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I'm standing on behalf of the domestic violence, the victim of rape, the victim of domestic violence because I was a victim of domestic violence, and I was living in a shelter for one thing.
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I couldn't get it helped because of my immigration status.
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And I keep losing the custody of my kids because of a positive housing.
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I couldn't approach the renting apartment, which is, like, 3000, 4000, and I keep losing the cost of the money.
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While I was living in the shelter, I couldn't listen to series of stories, a lot of hard work in women, which they are just a victim of domestic violence living in his shelter, and they call us as as city voucher, but there's no housing to move out.
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Some of them have been there for years.
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They keep working.
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They keep looking for homes.
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That one day, they're gonna get an affordable option so they can move out of the shelter.
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I was terrified.
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I was traumatized.
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I was tortured mentally with my kids.
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I all I want.
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I just want my kids.
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I just wanna broke my kids talk in a in a in a right wing.
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But I couldn't do it because I could not afford that for the affordable home.
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And after 1 year, I have to leave the shelter because they could they provide everything food, everything, but I can't eat the food.
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I manage to rent a room which is in in a basement, and there's no way I can still win the custodial of my kids while living in a basement.
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Meanwhile, I'm still gonna lose the custodial of my kids.
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With my court cases coming off next week.
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On behalf of the people, on behalf of the voiceless, and I'm raising my voice on behalf of the domestic island fishing, on behalf of the homeless people.
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The times expire.
Adeola Deloatch
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What is city of Abu Dhabi.
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Thank you.
Lynn Schulman
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Thank you very much.
