Chitsime: Chowonadi
Zikwangwani zomwe zayikidwa pawindo la 1234 Pacific Street ku Brooklyn zimafotokoza nkhani yodziwika bwino: "Tikufuna kuletsa renti ku New York state panthawi yamavuto azaumoyo a COVID-19. Tikumenya chifukwa sitingathe kulipira, kapena mogwirizana ndi omwe sangathe kulipira. Sitidzakhala ndi njala kapena kusowa chithandizo chamankhwala kuti tilipire lendi.โ
Nyumbayi yokhala ndi mayunitsi 37, yokhala ndi nsanjika zisanu ndi imodzi mwa nyumba 57 za New York City zomwe lendi rent strike, koma ochita lendi mโmalo osiyanasiyana monga Alexandria, Virginia; Chicago; Gainesville, Florida; Los Angeles; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Philadelphia ndi San Francisco alowa nawo gulu loletsa lendi nthawi yonseyi ya mliri. Akufunanso kuyimitsa kuchotsedwa kwawo ndipo akukakamiza onse omenyera ufulu wa anthu komanso akuluakulu osankhidwa kuti athetse kufunikira kwa nyumba zobwereketsa zotsika mtengo, kufunikira komwe kwachulukirachulukira, koma sikunayambitsidwe ndi kachilomboka.
Ndipo ngakhale kumenyedwa kwa lendi ndi njira yoyesera-ndi-yowona ya gulu lachilungamo la nyumba zosiyanasiyana, ndi chida chimodzi chokha pagulu lankhondo lalikulu. Njira zoyendetsera anthu ammudzi zikuphatikizapo kukhala m'nyumba zopanda anthu koma zokhalamo, misasa yakunja, kulengeza za chithandizo chalamulo (kuphatikiza chitsimikiziro cha nyumba kwa onse), kusokoneza kuthamangitsidwa, kuthandizana, kuyesetsa kupereka uphungu waulere kwa omwe akukumana ndi kusamutsidwa, komanso kupanga nyumba zazing'ono pamtunda wa anthu.
Kuphatikizidwa pamodzi, njirazi zikubweretsa chidwi chofunikira pa mgwirizano pakati pa zaumoyo wa anthu ndi ndondomeko ya nyumba.
A mapepala atsopano mu Zolemba za Urban Health akufotokoza zomwe zikuchitika: "Kuthamangitsidwa kukuyembekezeka kukulitsa chiwopsezo cha matenda a COVID-19 chifukwa kumapangitsa kuti anthu azikhala mochulukirachulukira, kuwirikiza kawiri, kusakhalitsa, mwayi wopeza chithandizo chamankhwala komanso kuchepa kwa kuthekera kotsatira njira zochepetsera miliri, mwachitsanzo, kusamvana, kudzikonda. -kukhala kwaokha, ndi kuchita ukhondo," inatero. Choyipa kwambiri, popeza COVID ndi kuthamangitsidwa kumakhudza kwambiri madera omwe amapeza ndalama zochepa - madera omwe ali ndi ziwopsezo zambiri zamatenda am'mapapo monga mphumu, kuthamanga kwa magazi, shuga, matenda a impso ndi chiwindi kuposa omwe ali ndi zida zabwino - kusunga anthu yakhala njira yofunika kwambiri pakuwongolera miliri, zomwe zidavomerezedwa ndi Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) pomwe idapereka chigamulo. kuletsa kuthamangitsidwa mu September. Lamuloli litha ntchito pa Disembala 31 ndipo liridi zochepa kwambiri kuposa momwe zimamvekera. Choyamba, chimayika mtolo kwa ochita lendi, kuwafuna kuti alembe "chidziwitsoโ kutsimikizira kuti sangathe kulipira lendi chifukwa cha matenda, kutaya ndalama kapena zonse ziwiri.
"Ngati simukudziwa kuti muyenera kuchitapo kanthu kuti mudziwitse mwininyumba, muli pachiwopsezo chothamangitsidwa ngati mukubweza ngongole," a Sarah Saadian, wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wa mfundo za boma ku National Low Income Housing Coalition, adauza. Wopanda. "Kuika katunduyo m'makhothi ndi kwa eni nyumba kungathandize kwambiri kuti anthu azikhala m'nyumba zawo."
Ngati kuthamangitsidwa kuyambiranso m'nyengo yozizira ino, National Council of State Housing Agencies imalingalira mosamalitsa kuti mabanja 8.4 miliyoni obwereketsa - anthu 20.1 miliyoni - atha kutaya nyumba zawo.
Koma si momwe zimagwirira ntchito pano, ndipo ngakhale CDC itayimitsa, ochita lendi akupitiliza kulemedwa. Nthawi zina, eni nyumba atha kulandira chigamulo chandalama zobweza lendi - kuwalola kukongoletsa malipiro kapena kupeza katundu wina wa lendi - koma sangathe kuthamangitsa wokhalamo mpaka nthawi yoyimitsa. Ngakhale zili choncho, eni ake akupita kukhoti ndikukapereka mlandu woti achotsedwe kotero kuti chiletsocho chikangochotsedwa, angayimbire woyang'anira ndikuchotsa chilichonse.
Chiwerengero cha zolembedwa ndi chodabwitsa. Malinga ndi Kuchotsa Lab ku yunivesite ya Princeton, m'miyezi isanu ndi inayi yapitayi, kuthamangitsidwa kwafunidwa mizinda yambiri yaku US: 19,474 ku Phoenix; 9,876 ku Memphis; 9,266 ku Fort Worth; 7,242 ku Tampa; 5,759 ku Milwaukee; ndi 4,933 ku Richmond, Virginia, kokha.
Ngati kuthamangitsidwa kuyambiranso m'nyengo yozizira ino, National Council of State Housing Agency ikuyerekeza kuti mabanja 8.4 miliyoni obwereketsa - anthu 20.1 miliyoni - atha kutaya nyumba zawo. Iwo anapitiriza kulingalira kuti pakati pa 10 ndi 14 miliyoni nyumba zobwereketsa pakali pano zabwereka, ndi zobweza zomwe zidzakwana pafupifupi $34 biliyoni pa Januware 1.
Apa ndipamene kuletsa kubwereketsa - ndi malamulo oletsa kusonkhetsa lendi - amabwera.
#CancelRent
The Rent ndi Mortgage Cancellation Act, HR6515, yoyambitsidwa ndi Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota), ichotsa ndalama zonse za lendi ndi nyumba pa mliri, kuyambiranso mpaka pa Epulo 1, ndikuwonjezera masiku 30 kupitilira ngoziyi. Idzakhazikitsanso thumba la Rental Property Relief Fund kuti litsogoleredwe ndi dipatimenti yoona za nyumba ndi chitukuko cha mโmatauni (HUD) kuti lilipirire zotayika za eni nyumba. Thumba lachiwiri likhoza kubweza zotayika kwa omwe ali ndi ngongole.
Pakati pa 10 ndi 14 miliyoni nyumba zalendi pakali pano zatsala pang'ono kubwereka.
N'zosadabwitsa kuti hashtag #CancelRent yayamba kufalikira pamene ochita lendi m'dziko lonselo akugwirizana ndi Omar kufuna chikhululukiro cha lendi.
Jacob Bernard ndi m'modzi mwa anthu oposa 1,800 omwe akunyanyala ntchito ya lendi mumzinda wa New York. "Ndine bartender ndiye ndidasiya ntchito nthawi yomweyo mu Marichi," adatero Zowona. Ngakhale tsopano wabwerera kuntchito - ndi maola ochepa komanso malangizo ochepa - ambiri mwa anansi ake aku Brooklyn amakhalabe opanda ntchito.
Mavuto azachumawa, Bernard akuti, ndiwo adayambitsa sitiraka; komabe, zidatengera mliri kuti aliyense akonzekere.
"Tidapanga bungwe la ochita lendi zaka ziwiri m'mbuyomo ndipo takhala tikuyesera kupeza eni nyumba - Isaac Schwartz, adatchulidwa m'modzi mwa eni nyumba oipitsitsa kwambiri a mzindawu ndi NYC Public Advocate - kuti akonze zofunika. Koma pamene anthu analephera kulipira lendi mwadzidzidzi tinatha kutsatira zomwe takhala tikulipira komanso zoyenera,โ adatero Bernard. "Tikudziwanso kuti iyi ndi yayikulu kuposa ife, yayikulu kuposa nyumba yathu yokha. Ndife gawo la gulu. (Schwartz anakana kulankhula naye Wopanda, kunena kuti โanatanganidwa kwambiriโ atamufikira pa foni.)
Ku Omaha, Nebraska, ndi Kansas City, Missouri, gulu lomanga mphamvu za lendi laphatikiza kulowererapo kwachindunji kuthandiza omwe akuthamangitsidwa. Simon Hinton ndi membala wa Omaha Tenants United, gulu la zaka ziwiri ndi theka lopangidwa ndi anthu otsutsa, socialists ndi communist. COVID isanachitike, Hinton akuti, gululi lidathandizira obwereketsa kuti madzi otentha abwezeretsedwe m'nyumba imodzi ndikukakamiza mwininyumba kuti agwetse "ndalama zochoka" m'malo ena.
"Kuyambira COVID, tasintha kuyang'ana kwathu pakuthandizira kukhothi," Hinton adauza Zowona. "Oweruza ndi eni nyumba sauza anthu za chilengezo cha CDC, chifukwa chake timapita kukhoti ndi mapepalawo ndikuthandiza anthu kuti alembe." Sizinakhale zophweka, ndipo Hinton akuti mamembala a gululo alowa mโmavuto chifukwa makhoti amati akupereka uphungu wa zamalamulo popanda chilolezo, koma izi sizinaimitse ntchito ya bungweli.
"Kuthamangitsidwa pazifukwa zilizonse kuyenera kuyimitsidwa," adatero Hinton. โPamene anthu ambiri amasamuka ndi abwenzi kapena abale, kapena mโmisewu kapena mโmalo obisalamo, mโpamenenso kachilomboka kamafalikira. Likhoza kutanthauza imfa za anthu.โ
Chitetezo Chokhazikika
Tara Raghuveer ndiye woyambitsa ndi director wa KC Tenants ku Kansas City, Missouri, ndipo ndi mtsogoleri wadziko lonse wa kampeni ya Homes Guarantee ku Ntchito za Anthu, komwe akuyendetsa ntchito yokonzekera kwanthawi yayitali kuti atsimikizire kuti palibe amene akumanidwa malo okhala m'dziko lolemera kwambiri padziko lapansi. Zofuna za People's Action ndi zazikulu ndipo zikuphatikiza kuwongolera lendi, kubweza kwazaka mazana ambiri zamalamulo osankhana mitundu, kukhazikitsidwa kwa nyumba zokhala ndi anthu, ndi zoletsa zongoganiza za malo. Izi, Raghuveer akuti, zimapanga maziko a "chitsimikizo cha nyumba." Jamaal Bowman (D-New York), Cori Bush (D-Missouri), Ilhan Omar (D- Minnesota) ndi Marie Newman (D-Illinois) alonjeza kuthandizira chitsimikizirochi.
Nthawi yomweyo, KC Tenants yakhala ikugwira ntchito yotseka makhothi othamangitsidwa ku Kansas City. A Raghuveer ati gululi, kangapo, lapita kubwalo lamilandu, kutseka zitseko ndikusokoneza mwamawu momwe amathamangitsira. KC Tenants idasokonezanso bwino ma teleconference othamangitsidwa, pomwe woweruza wina adavomera kuyimitsa milandu yakutali kumapeto kwa chaka. Zonse zanenedwa, a Raghuveer akuti Opanga nyumba a KC adathandizira kuchedwetsa kuthamangitsidwa osachepera 350, koma akuwonjezera kuti pakhala pali chiwopsezo chodziwika bwino pakutsekeredwa kosaloledwa. โMzimayi wina samadziwa kuti akuthamangitsidwa chifukwa sadalandirepo chikalata choti akaonekere kukhoti, ndiye adaluza molephera. Tidayesa kuletsa kuthamangitsidwa, koma sheriff adakwanitsa kusintha maloko, โadatero Raghuveer. Wopanda. "Tidamupezera ndalama kuti apite ku hotelo, koma izi sizongomuthandiza nthawi zonse."
"Omenyera ma lendi komanso anthu omwe ali pachiwopsezo chotaya nyumba yawo akuchita zonse zomwe angathe kuti aletse ziwawa zothamangitsidwa ndikulimbikitsa masomphenya a umwini wapagulu komanso anthu ammudzi."
Komabe, kaya mwa kuthandizana kapena kungotengera zinthu mโmanja mwawo, anthu akuchita zonse zomwe angathe kuti azithandizana kukhalabe mโnyumba.
M'dera la East Los Angeles ku El Sereno, Bwezeraninso ndi Kumanganso Gulu Lathu adasamutsa anthu ambiri opanda pokhala m'nyumba 20 zopanda anthu za Caltrans, bungwe lazoyendera ku California. Ngakhale anthu 62 okhalamo adamangidwa mwachangu chifukwa chophwanya malamulo komanso msonkhano wosaloledwa - kenako kuthamangitsidwa - iwo akuyembekeza kuti, monga Amayi 4 Nyumba ku Oakland ndi omenyera nkhondo ku Philadelphia, pamapeto pake adzaloledwa kutenga katundu.
Ku Philadelphia, oyang'anira nyumba mumzindawu posachedwa kutembenuzika nyumba zoposa 50 zopanda anthu kwa mamembala a Philadelphia Housing Action ndi Black and Brown Workers Cooperative kuti ateteze anthu omwe amapeza ndalama zochepera $25,000 pachaka. Gulu la anthu ammudzi - lopanda phindu kapena mabungwe aboma omwe amayang'anira nyumba zomwe zimayenera kukhala zotsika mtengo kosatha - aziyang'anira nyumbazi.
Kufuna kuti malo omwe sanapatsidwe aperekedwe kwa anthu ochita lendi kudachokera ku msasa wa anthu 100 omwe amamanga mahema kudutsa nyumba zodula kwambiri mumzindawu. Malinga ndi kunena kwa wokonza misasa, Alex R. Stewart, membala wa Workers Revolutionary Collective, โTinasankha malo amenewo chifukwa tinkafuna kusonyeza kusiyanako ndi kusonyeza nkhani ya mizinda iwiri yomwe ndi Philly.โ Gulu lothandizirana lomwe likupitilirabe lidapangidwa pamsasawo ndipo likupitilizabe kupereka chakudya, upangiri wamisala komanso ntchito yochapa zovala kwa anthu omwe akufunika thandizo, omwe ambiri mwa iwo tsopano akusungidwa m'nyumba zomwe zasinthidwa.
"Tidatsegula nyumba yoyamba pa Marichi 23, 2020," Wiley Cunningham wa Philadelphia Housing Action adauza. Wopanda. "Msasa utachotsedwa tsiku lomwelo, tidapita ku nyumba ina yomwe idasiyidwa ndipo idakhala malo obisalirako mwadzidzidzi." Cunningham akuti pali nyumba zopanda anthu ku Philadelphia konse, kuphatikiza nyumba za anthu zomwe zidasokonekera ndipo zikuyembekezeka kugwetsedwa kapena kugulitsidwa kwa opanga. Pofika Julayi, tinali titatsegula nyumba 12. Magawo oyambilira awa anali abwino. Kwenikweni, zomwe tinkafunika kuchita ndikusintha maloko ndikuyatsa zida. M'malo ochepa mapaipi amkuwa adabedwa kotero tidayenera kuwasintha," adatero Cunningham. Nyumba zina, akuti, zimafunikira ntchito yochulukirapo koma kukonzanso kumeneko, kukuchitika.
Stephanie Sena, Executive Director of the Student-Run Emergency Housing Unit ku Philadelphia ndi pulofesa wa Charles Widger School of Law ku yunivesite ya Villanova, akuchenjeza kuti ngakhale izi ndi zolimbikitsa, palibe njira imodzi yokha yothetsera vuto la nyumba. Kupeza nyumba 50 kuphatikizirapo kuti anthu ammudzi akhulupirire malo ndi chiyambi, akutero, koma akuti ndikofunikiranso kugwirira ntchito pamalamulo amderali, aboma ndi aboma ndikuthana ndi zovuta monga kuchepa kwa nyumba zomwe zilipo komanso zotsika mtengo.
Sena imathandiziranso kukhazikitsidwa kwa "nyumba zazing'ono," magawo ochepera 300 masikweya mita kwa mabanja amunthu mmodzi ndi awiri. Sena anati: โPali malo okhalamo nyumba zing'onozing'ono m'bokosi lothandizira kuthetsa vuto la nyumba zotsika mtengo, koma tinyumba tating'ono kwambiri sizomwe zimafunikira. Yankho lake ndi nyumba za anthu.โ
Mโzaka za mโma 1970 ndi mโma 80, akufotokoza kuti, boma la feduro linayamba kuwononga ndalama mโnyumba za anthu, osaika ndalama pa ntchito yomanga kapena kukonza zinthu komanso kulola kukonzanso kofunikira kuthetsedwa. Pakadali pano, Sena akuti, ndalama za HUD zachepetsedwa ndipo US ikutaya nyumba zotsika mtengo pamlingo wodabwitsa.
"Anthu azichita lendi kuti akhale ndi nyumba zing'onozing'ono ndikulipira lendi malinga ndi ndalama zomwe amapeza," adatero Sena. "Mzindawu wati upanga midzi iwiri yaing'ono mkati mwa chaka chamawa, wina ku West Philly ndi wina kumpoto chakum'mawa. Yoyamba idzakhala ndi madzi, magetsi ndi zimbudzi mu chipinda chilichonse; yachiwiri idzakhala mapoto, okhala ndi khitchini yogawana ndi mabafa a anthu onse. Dera lililonse lidzakhala ndi nyumba pafupifupi khumi ndi ziwiri, komanso malo ammudzi, zothandizira anthu komanso dimba. Ntchito yomanga ikuthandizidwa ndi mabungwe othandizira anthu, ndipo Office of Homeless Services (OHS) idzasankha okhalamo.
Izi zimapangitsa kuti polojekitiyi ikhale yotsutsana; omenyera ufulu wina akuopa kuti OHS iletsa omwe ali ndi milandu yolakwa kulowa mnyumbamo ndipo adzakhazikitsa malamulo ambiri kwa okhalamo. M'malo mwake, omenyera ufulu ambiri amakonda nyumba zodalirana zocheperako. Koma ngakhale pali kusagwirizana kosapeลตeka, omenyera ufulu wa nyumba m'dziko lonselo akusangalatsidwa ndi ziwawa zomwe zapangitsa kuti anthu ogwira ntchito, anthu opanda nyumba komanso omenyera ufulu akhale mgwirizano.
"Ngakhale mliriwu, takhala tikuchita miyambo yokonzekera kuti tipeze mayendedwe okulirapo ku US," a Raghuveer adauza. Wopanda. "Ogwira ntchito ku lendi ndi anthu omwe ali pachiwopsezo chotaya pokhala akuyesetsa kuthetsa ziwawa zothamangitsidwa ndikulimbikitsa masomphenya a umwini wapagulu komanso umwini wa nyumba kwa aliyense."
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