Anthu opitilira 200 adachita nawo chikondwerero chachipambano pa June 16 ku San Francisco kwa gulu la ochita lendi omwe adalimbana bwino ndi kuthamangitsidwa kwawo ndipo tsopano akuwongolera nyumba yawo kudzera mu coop yawo, Columbus United Cooperative, pa 53 Columbus Avenue. Chikondwererochi chidasonyeza kutha kwa ntchitoyo, ndipo mabanja oyambilira 16 tsopano adabwereranso ndipo mabanja 6 atsopano adalowanso.
Kulimbana kumeneku kumabwereranso zaka zoposa khumi zapitazo pamene San Francisco Community College District idagula nyumba ya njerwa ya nsanjika zitatu ndi cholinga chochigwetsera pansi kuti amange sukulu yatsopano ya koleji.
Nyumbayo yokha ili pa chipika chomwe chathandiza kwambiri m'mbiri ya anthu ogwira ntchito ku San Francisco. Kumbuyo kwa mdadada kuchokera ku nyumba ya Columbus United pali malo a International Hotel - malo omwe kunali nkhondo yayikulu yoletsa kuthamangitsidwa kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 70s. Tsiku loti athamangitsidwe litakwana, anthu masauzande ambiri anaimba nyimbo zotsutsa nyumbayo.
Chotchinga chokhacho chili pamphepete mwa chigawo cha zachuma. Piramidi ya TransAmericaโฆchinthu chosainira pamlengalenga wa San Franciscoโฆili kutsidya lina la msewu. Kwa nthawi yayitali osunga ndalama akhala akuyang'ana nyumba zopeza ndalama zochepa kudutsa msewu kuchokera kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa dera lazachuma ngati malo okulitsa nyumba zamaofesi. Izi ndi zomwe zinali zovuta pankhondo ya I-Hotel chakumapeto kwa '70s. Ngakhale kuti ochita lendi pamlanduwo adathamangitsidwa, zidayambitsa gulu lamphamvu kwambiri la obwereka lomwe lidatha kupeza chitetezo chamilandu chambiri kwa ochita lendi kwazaka zambiri. Madivelopa omwe adafuna I-Hotel yomanga ofesi adagonja potsutsa anthu ammudzi. Anakakamizika kugulitsa malowo kuti akhale ndi nyumba zachitukuko - nyumba yobwereketsa yopanda phindu ya nsanjika 15 yomwe ilipo tsopano, yoyendetsedwa ndi Chinatown Community Development Center.
Akakumana ndi zolinga za chigawo cha koleji, anthu akadavomereza momwe zinthu ziliri. Koma sanatero. Kwa zaka zisanu ndi ziลตiri ochita lendi aja anali ogwirizana potsutsa. M'makhoti osiyanasiyana omwe adayimiliridwa ndi Asia Law Caucusโฆkampani yazamalamulo yomwe idakhazikitsidwa ndi Fred Korematsu> Korematsu ndi yotchuka kwambiri chifukwa chotsutsa kutsekeredwa kwa anthu aku Japan-America mu Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse. Fujioka atayamba kugwira ntchito pamlanduwo, ananena kuti ochita lendi atha kupeza chipukuta misozi chapamwamba cha kusamuka. Koma alendiwo sanavomereze zimenezo. Iwo anali ndi lingaliro lotukukaโฆanaumirira kukhalabe ndi kulamulira nyumbayo.
Umu ndi momwe Malingaliro a kampani San Francisco Community Land Trust anabweretsedwa mu chithunzi. SFCLT idakhazikitsidwa kuti ilimbikitse kusinthidwa kwa nyumba zobwereka kukhala umwini wa anthu omwe amagawana nawo - monga ma cooperatives ochepa kapena ma condos ochepa. Izi zidalingaliridwa ngati pulogalamu yoletsa kusamutsidwa kwa lendi ndikuwonetsetsa kuti nyumba zotsika mtengo za anthu ogwira ntchito mumzindawu.
Pofika Disembala 2005 ochita lendi ku Columbus Avenue adapeza chithandizo chokwanira mdera lawo pakulimbana kwawo kotero kuti adatha kugonjetsa chigawo cha koleji pandale. Mโmwezi umenewo akomiti ya koleji ya anthu anaponya thaulo ndikuvomera kugulitsa malowo ku bungwe la SF community land trust kuti nyumbayo isanduke kukhala cooperative ya lendi.
Anthu okhala m'nyumbayi ndi anthu obwera ku China omwe amapeza ndalama zochepa. Ambiri amagwira ntchito mโmahotela kapena mโmalesitilanti. Chifukwa njira yodalirana ndi anthu ammudzi ndi mtundu wa eni nyumba, ma CLT ambiri ku USA amakonda kutumikira anthu ogwira ntchito omwe amapeza ndalama zapakati. Bungwe la Columbus United Cooperative likukankhira envulopu pa chitsanzo chodalirika cha malo ammudzi chifukwa ndalama zomwe anthu amapeza m'nyumbayi ndi 40 peresenti yokha ya ndalama zapakati.
Ntchitoyi imakankhiranso envelopu mwanjira ina. Ma trust of land trust nthawi zambiri amamanga zatsopano monga momwe amachitira anthu ambiri osapeza phindu. Ichi mwina ndi njira yoyamba yogwiritsira ntchito njira yodalirika yopezera malo ngati yankho kwa omwe akukhala kale pankhondo yoletsa kuchotsedwa.
SFCLT idapangidwa kudzera mu ntchito ya komiti yokonzekera ya anthu khumi ndi awiri kapena kuposerapo mu 2001-2003. Anthu omwe anali mu komiti yokonzekera anaphatikizapo omenyera ufulu omwe adagwira nawo ntchito m'magulu a lendi ndi odana ndi anthu monga Mission Anti-Displacement Coaliion, SF Tenants Union ndi Eviction Defense Network, kuphatikizapo othandizira nyumba zotsika mtengo. Gululi linaphatikizapo anthu ena omwe agwira ntchito mwaukadaulo pantchito yomanga nyumba.
Kupyolera mโkufikira ndi kulinganiza za SFCLT zomwe zachita kwa zaka zingapo zisanayambe ntchito imeneyi, ndipo chifukwa cha chithandizo chachikulu cha alendi a mumsewu wa Columbus Avenue, tinatha kunyengerera mamembala aลตiri akumanzere a Bungwe la Oyangโanira mzinda kuti athandizire thumba lapadera la ma conversions coop โ thumba la Real Ownership Opportunities for Tenants (ROOTs). Ndalamayi idavomerezedwa ndi Bungwe Loyang'anira. Izi zidapereka ndalama zokwana $1 miliyoni zopezeka ngati thandizo losinthira ma coop pansi pa trust land trust.
Izi zinapereka gawo limodzi lokha la ndalama zokwana madola 8 miliyoni. Nyumbayi inali ya njerwa zosalimba kwambiri yomwe inamangidwa mโchaka cha 1910. Mbali yaikulu ya mโkati mwa nyumbayo inaphwanyidwa ndi mafelemu ake ndipo makina onse atsopano monga mapaipi ndi magetsi anaikidwa. Chotsekerapo njerwacho chinamangidwira bwino pa chimango. Mbali ina ya chipinda chapansi - malo omwe kale anali fakitale yopangira zovala - idasinthidwa kukhala chipinda cha anthu komanso chipinda chochapiramo kwa okhalamo. Popeza kuli anthu ambiri okalamba, chikepe chinaikidwa ndipo nyumbayo inachititsa kuti anthu aziyenda panjinga ya olumala.
Misonkhano yapakati pa omanga nyumba ndi ochita lendi idachitika kuti agwirizane ndi omwe akufuna kusintha nyumba. Opanga nyumba adatha kutenga nawo mbali pakupanga mapangidwe nthawi zina posankha njira zina. Mwachitsanzo, ochita lendi anali ndi mwayi wokhala ndi khitchini yotseguka m'chipinda china kudutsa kauntala kapena khitchini yotsekedwa kwathunthu.
Ntchitoyi inali yovuta chifukwa ndi nyumba yogwiritsira ntchito zinthu zosiyanasiyana. Pofuna kuthandizira ndalama zotembenuza anthuwo, bungwe la Asian Law Caucus linavomera kusamukira mโmaofesi apansi pa nyumbayo. Bungwe la Law Caucus likhala ndi malo apansi ngati condo ndipo nyumba yonseyo idzakhala ya alendi kudzera mu mgwirizano wawo womwe upanga condo ina. Ntchitoyi inathandiza bungwe la Asia Law Caucus kubwerera ku Chinatown kuti likhale pafupi ndi anthu ambiri omwe amapeza ndalama zochepa omwe amawathandiza pa ntchito yake.
Zambiri mwa ntchito zenizeni za SFCLT zakhala zikugwira ntchito ndi ogwira ntchito kuti atsimikizire kuti ali ndi chidziwitso chofunikira komanso luso lodziyendetsa bwino nyumbayo. Chifukwa chake takhala ndi zokambirana zingapo pamitu monga kukonza zachuma ndi kuthetsa mikangano, ndikugwira ntchito ndi ochita lendi kupanga malamulo ang'onoang'ono ndi kupanga zisankho za coop. Misonkhano yosiyanasiyana ndi zokambirana ndi ochita lendi afunika kumasulira pakati pa Chingerezi ndi Chi Cantonese popeza ambiri mwa anthuwa samadziwa Chingelezi chochepa.
Pamene tinalengeza za nyumba zisanu ndi imodzi zomwe zinalibe anthu zogulitsidwa, tinali ndi anthu achidwi pafupifupi 300 opezeka pamisonkhano. M'kupita kwa nthawi kudzera munjira yodzisankhira komanso kuchita lotale komanso kufunsana ndi alendi omwe analipo kale, nyumba ya lendiyo inasankha nyumba zisanu ndi imodzi zatsopano.
Pamwambo waukulu wotsegulira, woyang'anira gulu la Green Party Ross Mirkarimi adalongosola njira ya SFLCT/limited equity coop ngati "programu ya eni nyumba" yomwe ikuyenera "kufutukulidwa mumzinda wonse." Zidzatengera gulu, komabe, kuti mupeze mtundu wandalama zomwe zingapangitse kuti izi zitheke.
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