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Abaququzeleli bezobulungisa bezindlu bajonge ukugxothwa kwabantu emva kokuba kuphelelwe lixesha ukumiswa kokugxothwa kwabasebenzi kunye nexesha elibekiweyo lokurenta kwimpelaveki, kushiya uqikelelo. million 15 abantu kumngcipheko wokungakhuseleki kwezindlu ngexesha lotyando kwiimeko ezintsha ze-COVID.

Ukumiswa kwesizwe ekugxothweni okubekwe ngamaZiko oLawulo lweSifo kunye noThintelo (CDC) ukuthintela ukusasazeka kwe-COVID-19 kwandiswa izihlandlo ezininzi ngaphambi kokuba kuphele ngoMgqibelo ebusuku. Umongameli uBiden uthumele isicelo somzuzu wokugqibela kwiCongress kwiveki ephelileyo ecela abenzi bomthetho ukuba bandise ukumiswa kwakhona, kodwa amaRiphabhlikhi. ingxelo ithintele intshukumo yomzuzu wokugqibela yokwandisa ukumiswa kweSenethi njengoko amanye amaDemokhrasi ashiye ikhefu lasehlotyeni eliqale kule veki.

Ummeli we-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez kunye nabanye abaqhubela phambili abadanileyo waxoxa ukuba iiDemokhrasi azinasizathu ngokusilela ukusebenzisa isininzi sabo esincinci kwiCongress ukwandisa ukumiswa. Ngeli xesha, ubunkokeli beDemokhrasi zifunwa i-White House ithathe amanyathelo.

Ukumiswa akuzange kubakhusele ngokupheleleyo abaqeshi kubanini-mhlaba kwindawo yokuqala, kwaye ngaphezulu kwe-455,000 yokugxothwa kwenzeka kumazwe amathandathu ngexesha lo bhubhani, ngokutsho kwiLebhu yokuKhutshwa kwiYunivesithi yasePrinceton. Nangona kunjalo, i-Urban Institute Iingxelo ukuba ukumiswa kwakhona kuthintele ukugxothwa kwesigidi esi-1.55 kwilizwe lonke kwaye ngokungathandabuzekiyo kwasindisa ubomi obuninzi ngokunceda abantu ukuba bahlale emakhayeni abo njengoko intsholongwane isasazeka.

Ngoku, abameli bathi iziphumo zokunyuswa kokumiswa sele zivakala kwilizwe liphela njengoko abanini-mhlaba befuna enye irenti yenyanga-kunye nerenti esemva eye yanda ngexesha lo bhubhani. Abaphandi bathi abaqeshi e-United States batyala abanini-mhlaba i-20 yeebhiliyoni zeedola emva kweenyanga zokungazinzi kwezoqoqosho kunye nokuphazamiseka okubangelwa yi-COVID.

U-Rep. Cori Bush, uMdemokhrasi wase-Missouri oye wazibandakanya nabaqhankqalazi kunye namanye amalungu eCongress aqhubela phambili ngemibala ngaphandle kwe-Capitol Building njengoko ukumiswa kuphelile kwimpelaveki, uthe kwingxelo ngoMvulo ukuba isizwe ngoku sijongene "nengxakeko yokuxoshwa." Kwidolophu yaseBush yaseSt. Louis, isherifu yendawo xelelwe le I-Press Associated ukuba iqela elijongene nokugxotha abaqeshi liyakhula kwaye liza kukhupha abantu abangama-30 ngosuku ukuqala nge-9 ka-Agasti.

Ngokuchasene nemeko yokungasebenzi eCapitol Hill, amavolontiya emanyano yabaqeshi kunye nabaququzeleli bobulungisa bezindlu kwilizwe lonke bebexakekile benceda abaqeshi ukuba bajonge izicelo zoncedo lokurenta kwaye bafunde malunga namalungelo abo xa begxothwa. Amalungelo asemthethweni abaqeshisi kunye nabanini-mhlaba abohluka ngokwelizwe ukuya kwelinye, njengoko kunjalo ngobungakanani bengxaki yezindlu eye yenziwa nzima sisibetho sehlabathi.

Kuzwelonke, kuqikelelwa 16 ekhulwini abantu abadala bathi amakhaya abo asemva kwirenti, ngokohlalutyo lwedatha ye-federal yiZiko leBhajethi kunye nePolisi eziphambili (CBPP). Abantsundu nabe-Latinx abarentayo balindeleke ukuba babe ngasemva kwirenti kunabaqashi abamhlophe, kwaye phantse um-1 kwaba-4 abaMnyama abarenta ngasemva kwirenti.

Amanye amazwe aneepesenti eziphezulu kakhulu zamakhaya asemva kwirenti, kubandakanya amazwe akumazantsi-mpuma anemilinganiselo ephantsi yogonyo kwaye esandula kubethwa kanobom ngubhubhane. E-Mississippi, ngama-34.5 ekhulwini kuphela abantu abagonywe ngokupheleleyo, kwaye iipesenti ezingama-29 zamakhaya asemva kwirenti. EMzantsi Carolina, iipesenti ezingama-28 zamakhaya anika ingxelo yokuba asemva kwirenti njengoko urhulumente echaza oko I-12 lepesenti yovavanyo lwe-COVID zibuya zinethemba.

U-Melanie Wang, umququzeleli wecandelo lelizwe kunye neLungelo loMdibaniso weSixeko, umdibaniso wamaqela obulungisa bezindlu zasekhaya, uthe amazwe amaninzi anamazinga aphantsi okugonya nawo anokhuseleko olusemthethweni olumbalwa lwabaqeshi. Ewe, ilebhu yePrinceton's Eviction fu maneka ukuba ubumelwane obunamazinga asezantsi ogonyo kwizixeko ezininzi ezikhulu nawo babenezinga eliphezulu lokugcwaliswa kokukhutshwa kwiinkundla zasekuhlaleni.

U-Wang woyika ukuba izigidi "zokukhutshwa ngokungabonakaliyo" kuya kwenzeka kwezi nyanga zizayo njengoko abanini-mhlaba benyusa uxinzelelo kubaqeshi, benyanzela abaqeshi ukuba "bazigxothe."

“Sinexhala lokuba abaqeshi kwilizwe liphela bazakuqala ukwenza izigqibo besazi ukuba abakhuselekanga [kwi-COVID], bebabeka emngciphekweni omkhulu wokugula kunye nokubeka iintsapho zabo emngciphekweni ngenxa yokuba semngciphekweni kwezoqoqosho abayayo. ukujongana, ”utshilo uWang kudliwanondlebe.

Bambalwa kuphela amazwe asele enawo ukumiswa kokugxothwa kwabantu, kubandakanya iMinnesota, New York, Nevada kunye neOregon, ngokutsho kwiingxelo. EMassachusetts, ukumiswa kwelizwe lonke kwaphakanyiswa emva ngo-Okthobha 2020. UAndrea Park, igqwetha labasebenzi kwiMassachusetts Law Reform Institute, iqela elibonelela ngoncedo lwezomthetho kubarenti, lathi malunga ne-19,000 yezikhalazo zokugxothwa ziye zafakwa ukususela ngoko.

Asazi ngokuthe ngqo ukuba mangaphi na kodwa sikholelwa ukuba malunga ne-10,000 yamatyala ebelindelekile xa kuqale ukumiswa, kwaye ezo ziphinde zaqala ngo-Okthobha, utshilo uPark kwi-imeyile. "Ukuphela komyalelo we-CDC kuya kukhokelela ekonyukeni kuzo zonke iintlobo zamatyala - amatyala amatsha, amatyala asamisiweyo, kunye nabaqeshi bexhonywe ekupheleni kwenkqubo ...

Nangona kunjalo, uWang uthe abaququzeleli bakwaxhalabile malunga nokuba kwenzeka ntoni kubaqeshi ngaphambi kokuba amatyala okugxothwa angene enkundleni. U-Wang woyika ukuba izigidi "zokukhutshwa okungabonakaliyo" kuya kwenzeka kwiinyanga ezizayo njengoko abanini-mhlaba benyusa uxinzelelo kubaqeshi, betyhala abaqeshi ukuba "bazikhuphe" ukuphepha ukuxhatshazwa okanye ukuya enkundleni. Ukukhusela ngokuchasene nokukhutshwa enkundleni kufuna ixesha kunye nemali iintsapho ezininzi ezingenayo, utshilo uWang, esongeza ukuba abaqeshi banokufuna ukuphepha ukuhlala "kuluhlu lwabamnyama" olugcinwe ngabanini-mhlaba. Abanye abaqeshi basenokutyhwatyhwa kuluvo lokuya enkundleni, ngoxa abanye besenokujamelana nemiqobo yolwimi. Zonke ezi zinto zinokusetyenziselwa ukucinezela abantu ukuba bafuduke phambi kokuba kukhutshwe ngokusesikweni.

“Kuyoyikisa, kuyakhathaza ngokweemvakalelo, kunzima kwiintsapho kwaye yinkqubo ende efuna lukhulu kubo,” utshilo uWang.

Abanye abaqashi banokuthatha isigqibo sokuthatha umsebenzi ongakhuselekanga owonyusa umngcipheko wosulelo lwe-COVID, okanye banyanzeleke ukuba benze ukhetho olunzima phakathi kokuhlawula irenti kunye nokuhlawulela ezinye iindleko, ezinjengokutya kunye nokhathalelo lwempilo. Ngaphezulu kwe-1 kubantu abadala be-4 babika ubunzima bokuhlawula iindleko ezisisiseko kwinyanga edlulileyo, kubandakanywa neepesenti ze-42 zabantu abadala abamnyama, ngokwe-CBPP.

U-Biden ubongoze amazwe kunye nezixeko ukuba zisebenzise inkxaso-mali yokunceda ubhubhane ukubonelela ngesiqabu kwirenti kubaqeshi kunye nabanini-mhlaba abasokolayo, kwaye uWang uthe kubalulekile ukuba amagosa asebenzele ukukhupha imali ngokukhawuleza. Nangona kunjalo, abaququzeleli basekhaya bathi amazwe kunye nezixeko azisebenzisi ngokwaneleyo inkxaso-mali yoncedo lwe-COVID ukuxhasa abaqeshi, kwaye iingxelo ziyavela malunga iingxaki ezinzulu ngemigudu karhulumente ukuhambisa uncedo olubekelwe abaqeshisi. Ekupheleni kukaJulayi, Politico ingxelo kuphela i-6.5 ipesenti yoncedo lwerenti yomanyano eyabiwe yiCongress yayisasaziwe.

UPark uthe abameli baseMassachusetts bafuna umthetho oza kufuna ukuba abaqeshisi kunye nabaqeshi bafake isicelo soncedo lokurenta ngaphambi kokuba kufakwe ityala lokugxothwa enkundleni.

“Ngezixa ezingazange zibonwe ngaphambili zoncedo olukhoyo ngoku, akufanelanga ukuba sivumele amatyala ukuba afakwe de ngaphandle kokuba siyazi ukuba imali inokuyisombulula,” utshilo uPark. "Ukufayila nje kudala irekhodi esisigxina kumqeshi enokwenza ukuba bangakwazi ukufumana izindlu ezintsha."

UWang uthe okoko uBiden evumele ukumiswa kokugxothwa kwabantu ukuba kuphele ngaphambi kokuba uncedo lusasazwe, inkuthazo kamongameli yokusebenzisa imali yoncedo lokurenta ivakala ngathi “yinto engenanto”. UWang uthe abameli bacela zombini abalawuli beBiden ukuba babuyisele ukumiswa kunye neCongress ukuba iphinde idibane kwaye idlulise ukhuseleko lwabarenta kumthetho.

"Uninzi lweenkqubo zokunceda irente azikwazanga ukusasaza lonke uncedo lwerenti okwangoku," utshilo uWang. “Into yokuba unqumamiso lwaphela kwiintsuku ezimbini ezidlulileyo ithetha ukuba abaqeshi abanokufikelela kwirenti yenkxaso-mali ekuhambeni kwexesha basahamba ngaphandle kokhuseleko ngoku ... .”

UMike Ludwig yintatheli yabasebenzi kwi-Truthout esekwe eNew Orleans. Ukwangumbhali kunye nomququzeleli we "Imizila engaphambili yeMozulu”, ipodcast malunga nabantu, iindawo kunye ne-ecosystem kwimigca engaphambili yengxaki yemozulu. Mlandele kuTwitter: @ludwig_mike.


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