Kwilizwe liphela, abantu abaninzi baseMelika badiniwe kukungaphumeleli kwamagosa abo anyuliweyo ekuqinisekiseni ukuba bayakwazi ukuthenga izindlu ezisemgangathweni kwaye bafumane umvuzo wokuphila.
EPortland, eMaine, abavoti banethuba lokujongana nezi ngxaki ngedemokhrasi ngqo. Ngomhla wesi-8 kuNovemba, baya kufumana imibuzo emithathu kwiivoti zabo ezinxulumene nengxaki yokufikeleleka kwedolophu.
Umbuzo B ujongene nokukhula kwe-Airbnb kunye nezinye iirenti zexeshana eziye zanyusa iindleko zezindlu. Inyathelo lokuvota liceba ukubuyisela malunga neeyunithi ezingama-350 zezindlu kwimakethi yokurenta ixesha elide.
Umbuzo C womeleza ukhuseleko lwabaqeshi ngokuqinisekisa ukuba bafumana ubuncinane iintsuku ezingama-90 zesaziso sokuyekiswa kwerenti kunye nokunyuswa kwerenti.
Kwaye umbuzo D wonyusa owona mvuzo uphantsi weyure ukuya kwi- $18, ususa umvuzo ongaphantsi we-6.50 yeedola kubasebenzi abanikwe iingcebiso, kwaye wandisa ubuncinci bokhuselo lomvuzo kubasebenzi bezoqoqosho be-gig njengabaqhubi be-rideshare, abaqhubi bokuhambisa, kunye nabathengi bobuqu.
Isahluko saseMaine seDemocratic Socialists yaseMelika ikhokele iphulo eliLivable Portland elibeke le mibuzo kwivoti. Iqela linerekhodi eyomeleleyo yempumelelo emva kokuphumelela amaphulo okuvota ngo-2020 ukuba ulawulo lwerente ekhuselekileyo, a $15 ubuncinane umvuzo, kunye Green New Deal-evunyiweyo iikhowudi zokwakha.
Imibuzo yokuvota yalo nyaka ijongene nokunyuka kweendleko zezindlu eluntwini. I Iziko elidityanelweyo leZifundo zeZindlu leYunivesithi yaseHarvard yafumanisa ukuba ingeniso yonyaka efunekayo yokuthenga ikhaya elinexabiso eliphakathi ePortland liphindwe kabini kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo ukuya kwi-130,000 yeedola. Leyo yingxaki kuninzi lwabantu abaza kuba ngabathengi bezindlu kwindawo yasePortland, apho ingeniso yekhaya eliphakathi ingaphantsi kwe-62,000 yeedola.
Ngaphandle kwengxaki yokufikeleleka, amagosa onyuliweyo karhulumente kunye nomanyano aye acotha ukuthatha amanyathelo, ekhuthaza abaququzeleli ukuba bathathe amanyathelo ezandleni zabo ngevoti yokuvota.
โInxalenye enkulu yeli phulo kukusabela kukungabikho kongxamiseko kumagosa anyuliweyo,โ utshilo uWes Pelletier, usihlalo wephulo leLivable Portland. "Sisebenzisa inkqubo yovoto ukujongana nale ngxaki yokufikeleleka kwaye sithathe amanyathelo aza kukhusela abantu ekuthengisweni kwamaxabiso esixekweni."
UPelletier uthi iLivable Portland canvassers bafikelele malunga neengcango ezingama-600 veki nganye, kwaye uluntu ngokubanzi luyazamkela iimfuno zephulo.
UPelletier uthi: โAyikho le ngcamango yokungavisisani kwabantu ekuhlaleni eye yapapashwa kumajelo eendaba. โInto esiyithethayo kubo iyavakala: Kunzima ukuhlala apha. Ezi ngxaki zineminyaka zingalungiswa kwaye abantu bayayazi loo nto. โ
Abenzi beCanvasser kusafuneka bazibandakanye kwisixa esilungileyo sokubhengezwa kwentsomi, ngakumbi malunga nomba womvuzo osezantsi kubasebenzi abanikwe iingcebiso. Iphulo elinzulu lokuchasa iintsholongwane kwishishini likhokelele abaninzi ekubeni bakholelwe ekubeni ukuphelisa lo mvuzo usezantsi kunokunciphisa ingeniso yabasebenzi ngokuphelisa iingcebiso.
"Enyanisweni, wonke urhulumente oye walahla umvuzo ophantsi akabonanga kuncipha," utshilo uPelletier, ecaphula idatha evela. Umvuzo omnye olungileyo. Amazwe asixhenxe sele efuna ukuba bonke abaqeshi bahlawule umvuzo omncinci kunye neengcebiso phezulu.
yakutshanje ukhankaso lwezibhengezo zemali bonisa ukuba i-Restaurant Industry United, echasa i-Question D kunye nokupheliswa kwayo komvuzo omncinci, inyuse i-$ 128,700, kunye neminikelo emikhulu evela ku-Uber, i-Doordash, kunye ne-National Restaurant Association. I-Uber kunye ne-Doordash baphakathi kwabanegalelo eliphezulu kwi-Enough is Kwanele, iqela elilungelelaniswe ukuba loyise umbuzo ngamnye kwi-13 yokuvota, kubandakanywa nemithathu ecetywayo liphulo le-Livable Portland.
Ukuba iphulo le-Livable Portland libonisa ukuba liphumelele ngoNovemba, liya kubonisa amandla okulungelelaniswa kwendawo xa urhulumente wobumbano evaliweyo. Umzekelo, i-US House of Representatives yapasisa umthetho ngo-2021 wokuphelisa umvuzo ophantsi kunye nokunyusa ubuncinci bomdibaniso ukuya kwi-15 yeedola ngo-2025, kodwa loo mthetho uyilwayo umile kwi-Senate.
Ngokufanayo, iinkundla federal Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku baye banqumamisa iinzame zolawulo lwe-Biden ukwenza kube lula kwizigidi zabaqhubi baka-Uber, abasebenzi abakhathalela amakhaya, abagcini bezindlu, kunye nezinye iikontraka ezizimeleyo ukuba zichazwe njengabasebenzi kwaye bafumane ukhuseleko lwabasebenzi.
โUkuzama ukulungelelanisa imiba yomanyano kunokudanisa,โ utshilo uPelletier. "Kuxhobisa kakhulu ukwenza utshintsho kwinqanaba lengingqi ukuze sicinge ukuba oku kujongeka njani kwinqanaba likarhulumente okanye lesizwe kwaye simisele umzekelo obonisa, ayisiyiyo le nto inokwenzeka, iyafezekiswa, kwaye iyasebenza."
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