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Austin, TX/USA-Chivabvu 31, 2020: Kuratidzira kufa kwaGeorge Floyd naMike Ramos
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Kushaya pekugara muUS, yaive yatokwira isati yatanga COVID-19 denda, yakawedzera muna 2020, zvichiwedzerwa nemamiriro ehupfumi edenda. Austin, Texas, hazvina kudaro, paine fungidziro 11 muzana kuwedzera kwevanhu vasina pokugara vakaverengwa muguta neTravis County pakati pa2019 na2020, zvinoenderana nenzvimbo-mu-nguva (PIT) kuverenga yakataurwa muAustin American-Statesman. KwaAustin chizvarwa vangangosvika miriyoni imwe, vanofungidzirwa kuti vanhu zviuru zviviri nemazana mashanu vanoshaya pekugara chero husiku hwakapihwa, maererano ne1. PIT count. Nhengo yeAustin City Council Gregorio Casar anoti iyi inhamba โnzanga ye[vanopfuura] miriyoni imwe inofanira kukwanisa [kuchengeta].โ
Mukuedza kuita kudaro, guta reAustin rave kutenga mahotera asingashandiswe zvishoma uye achiashandura kuva dzimba nemasevhisi evanhu vanoshaya pekugara. Mune a 4 February musangano, Kanzuru yeguta reAustin yakabvumira kutengwa kwe chechina hotera - iyo ichapa 150 dzimba itsva kune vasina pekugara muguta. Casar anoti guta rinoronga kuenderera mberi nekutenga hotera yechishanu neyechitanhatu mune ramangwana.
โTakawana zvekushandisa mubhajeti reguta kuti tiwane mamwe mahotera nekuti tinotenda chaizvo kuti izano rekuderedza zvakanyanya kushaikwa kwepekugara muguta,โ anodaro.
Pamusoro pekupa dzimba dzenguva refu uye dzekuchinja kune vanhu vari kushaiwa pekugara, mahotera anotengwa neguta anozopawo masevhisi ekutsigira, anosanganisira hutano hwepfungwa, masevhisi ekushungurudza uye mabasa ebasa.
"Tiri kushanda nemapoka enharaunda akavimbika uye masangano asina purofiti kuti tipe masevhisi kumahotera nekuti tinoziva kuti kune vanhu vazhinji vakasangana neshungu chaidzo vachigara mumugwagwa uye vanoda rutsigiro kuti kushaya pekugara kupere zvachose," Casar. anodaro. "Uyezve kune vamwe vanhu vazhinji vanongoda kubatana nebasa nekero yakagadzikana kwechinguva kuti vagone kudzoka."
Sekureva kwaTara Pohlmeyer, director director weCasar Member Casar, Integral Care uye Caritas yeAustin vakatumira tsamba dzekufarira kushanda kwemahotera nekupa masevhisi, uye Bato reHomeless Services Division (HSD) rinotarisira kutaurirana chibvumirano nemupi webasa/mufambisi wehotera yega yega muna Kubvumbi.
Anoti kunyangwe nzvimbo dzekugara dzichipa basa rakakosha, kazhinji, vanenge vachingogadzirisa nyaya yacho kwenguva pfupi. Hurongwa hwemahotera akasandurwa ndehwekuti vashande sechigadziriso chekugara kwedzimba, kugadzirisa zvidikanwi zvemunhu wega wega wavanogarira.
"Ndiyo nzira yatingadzikise nayo kuwanda kwekushaya pekugara muguta, pane kungozvivanza, kana kufambisa [vanhu vasina pekugara] apo nhamba dzichikura," Casar anodaro.
Kubhadharira masevhisi aya anotsigira, guta richagoverazve madhora akange apihwa kubhajeti remapurisa, sechikamu chepurojekiti yaro yekufungidzira kuchengetedzwa, mukupindura kufambiswa kweBlack Lives Matter (BLM) uye zvinodiwa neveruzhinji. Mari yekushanda nemasevhisi emahotera achabva kuAustin Public Health, achishandisa chikamu che yakawedzera madhora 6.5 miriyoni yakawedzerwa kuFiscal Year 2021 bhajeti kugadzirisa kushaya pekugara panguva yekuedza kwekanzuru yeguta kufunga patsva kuchengetedzwa kweveruzhinji.
"Hatisati tambove nevanhu vakawanda kudaro vakapinda muhurumende yemunharaunda isati yasvika [boka reBLM]," anodaro. โPakanga paine makumi ezviuru zvevanhu vakabata hofisi yangu chete. Mumavhiki ekuratidzira pamusoro pechirimo [muna 2020], takava nemazana evanhu vaipupura pamisangano yekanzuru yeguta, kwemaawa, nezve shanduko dzavaitidaidza kuti tiite. Ndinofunga kuti zvakanga zvakakosha. Yakashandura maonero edu ese. Nharaunda yemuno muAustin iri kudaidzira kwatiri kuti tive vatungamiri chaivo venharaunda yedu uye kuvanhu munyika yose uye munyika yose. Austin, ndinofunga, vakanyatso pindura kudanwa kwekushandura bhajeti remapurisa nenzira iyo maguta mashoma munyika yose akaita. "
VaCasar vanoti kunyange maguta achiwanzova nemadhora ekuita mari yekudyara muzvivakwa kuti vagare vasina pekugara, mari yekugara kwenguva refu yekushandisa zvivakwa izvi nekupa mabasa ekutsigira ndiyo inowanzova dambudziko. Anoti pamberi pezhizha rapfuura BLM kufamba, iyo vakamanikidza maguta munyika yose kugoverazve mari dzemapurisa kupinda masevhisi anotsigira, rimwe rematambudziko makuru aAustin maererano nekushaya pekugara raive rine chekuita nekuwana iyo mari yenguva refu.
โMadhora anobva mubhajeti remapurisa ndiwo achapa vanhu mabasa nekushandisa mahotera,โ anodaro. โHazvinei kuti mabhindauko mangani ini nevamwe takaedza kuita mubhajeti makore apfuura, nguva zhinji, takatambura kuti tiite shanduko nekuti madhora mazhinji anovharirwa mubhajeti remapurisa. Gore rino rapfuura, pakazove nemukana wekuti tifunge patsva bhajeti uye nekuziva kuti takanga tichishandisa madhora akawanda kwazvo kuvharisa vanhu vasina pekugara uye mapurisa ari kushaiwa pekugara - asi izvo hazvideredze kushaya pekugara. "
Pakati pemahotera mana akatengwa neguta, pane makamuri mazana matatu, mamwe acho achikwanisa kugara vanhu vaviri, uye mazhinji acho munhu mumwe chete. Chirongwa ndechekuti guta rirambe richitenga mamwe mahotera uye kuwedzera zvirongwa zvinopihwa, Casar anodaro.
"Tinofanirwa kubvisa mazana evanhu mumigwagwa gore rino," Casar anodaro. "Ini ndinofunga izvo zvingaite mutsauko wakakura."
The mamiriro okunze echando anonyanyisa ruzivo muTexas kusvika Kukadzi naKurume inoita kudiwa kwekupa pekugara yakachengeteka uye masevhisi ekutsigira vanhu vanogara mumigwagwa zvakanyanya nekukurumidza.
"Muguta rakabudirira seAustin, hapana munhu anofanirwa kugara mumigwagwa, nguva. Izvi zvakatonyanya kujeka sezvatakaona vanhu vachiri kurara panze pasi pemabhiriji pataiziva kuti tembiricha yezero-degree yakanga ichiuya - uye dzimwe nguva kwaive nemahotera kana zvivakwa zvine mwenje mhiri kwemigwagwa kwavaigona kugara vakachengeteka, โanodaro Casar. "Zviri pachena kuti zvatove nengozi kugara kunze uye usina imba, uye zviitiko zvemamiriro ekunze zvakanyanya kujekesa kuti nei tichigona uye tichifanira kurongazve zviwanikwa zvedu uye zvatinokoshesa kuti tive nechokwadi chekuti munhu wese ane nzvimbo yekuisa musoro wake husiku. akachengeteka.โ
April M. Short mupepeti, mutori wenhau uye mupepeti wezvinyorwa uye mugadziri. Iye ishamwari yekunyora pa Runyararo rweMunharaunda, chirongwa che Independent Media Institute. Pakutanga, akashanda semaneja mupepeti kuAlterNet pamwe nemunyori akahwina mubairo mukuru weSanta Cruz, bepanhau revhiki nevhiki reCalifornia. Basa rake rakaburitswa neSan Francisco Chronicle, MuNguva Ino, Salon nevamwe vazhinji.
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