Emva 'komdlalo'… uMdlalo weZindlu: Abahlali bezoNyango baxakeke kukufumana amakhaya e-NY

Njengomfundi wobugqirha, uya kuzo zonkeeziIminyaka yemfundo kwaye lusuku nje olumangalisayo, olumangalisayo xa utshatisa, utshilo u-Alexandra Price, umfundi wezonyango wase-NYU owafumanisa ikamva lakhe njengolindileyo ngo-Matshi 20, xa yena nabanye abadala abangama-18,000 abaphumeleleyo kwilizwe liphela Ukutshatiswa neenkqubo zokuhlala.

Zombini ezixinzelelekileyo nezonwabisayo, uMhla woMdlalo, owenzeka ngolwe-Sihlanu ngolwesi-Matshi kunyaka ngamnye, awugqibi kuphela apho wonke umfundi wezonyango elizweni azakuqhubeka noqeqesho (ikhompyuter yealgorithm ilungelelanisa ukuthanda abafundi bezonyango kunye nabalawuli benkqubo yokuhlala , babela umntu ngamnye kwindawo enye), kodwa nokuba baya kuba nakho na ukuziqhelanisa nezinto abazikhethileyo, okanye bakwazi ukuziqhelanisa kwaphela (ipesenti encinci yabafundi iyasilela ukungangqinelani kwaye kufuneka bajije ukufumana inkqubo ekhoyo kwiindawo zokubeka).

Umdlalo kaNks Price, ngethamsanqa, wayonwabile-wafumana olunye lwezona zigqibo zakhe ziphakamileyo-uqeqesho lokufunda unyaka nonyaka e-NYU Tisch, ejikeleza phakathi kweTisch, Bellevue kunye nesibhedlele i-VA, kwalandela indawo yokuhlala e-dermatology eMiami, apho akhula khona phezulu. Kodwa kwiintsuku nje ezimbalwa kamva, wayenexhala lomnye umdlalo, awakhange achithe minyaka elindele, okanye anike ingcinga yokwenyani ngaphambili: ukufumana indawo yokuhlala. Ukuqeshisa kwisitudiyo sakhe se-NYU esixhaswa ngemali, esixabisa malunga ne-1 000 yeedola ngenyanga, unyuke nge-1 kaJuni, kwaye njengomhlali akavunyelwe ukuhlala.

Ndothuswe ngamaxabiso, ndothuswa ngabantu ababhatala malini kwezi ndawo zokuhlala. Kunzima kakhulu, utshilo uNkskz. Price, evuma ukuba ukuba ibingenguye umakazi wakhe, umrhwebi waseWarburg uSusan Abrams, uya kulahleka ngokupheleleyo. Yangena engqondweni yam ukuba kunganzima, kodwa ukunyaniseka, ndicinge ngenkqubo kuqala-ndicinga ukuba yindlela eqhelekileyo-into engu-1 njengogqirha oqala ikhondo lakho kukufumana olona qeqesho lubalaseleyo kunye nokunye izakuziveza nje.

Zonke ezinye, njengoko zisenzeka, azizibonakalisi ngokwazo, njengoko uninzi lwabahlali oludibana nezibhedlele zaseManhattan minyaka le bafumanisa xa beqala ukukhangela izindlu, umsebenzi onzima ngakumbi xa unikwa imivuzo yabo ephantsi- ngokubanzi phakathi kwe- $ 50,000 kunye ne- $ 60,000 a unyaka-kunye neentsuku ezili-16 zeeyure ezidinisayo, ezinzulwini zobusuku kunye nasekuseni ezenza ukuba kungacetyiswa ukuhamba eBrooklyn okanye eQueens.

Bonke bandixelele ukuba banalo mzuzu 'oh shit', utshilo umthengisi wedolophu uDebra Hoffman, echaza isisu esitshonayo xa abahlali abangenayo, uninzi lwabo lusonwabile emva kokudibana neenkqubo zabo zokuqala, funda kunzima ukuzingela kuya kuba. Ukhumbule, kwiminyaka eyadlulayo, ebona abahlobo bakhe ababini betsiba luvuyo xa befumanisa ukuba bafumana izindlu esibhedlele.

Kwizibhedlele ezininzi ezikumgangatho ophezulu ezihamba ngakwipaseji eseMpuma nehlazo ekubhekiswa kuyo njengendawo yokulala, inani linikezela ngezindlu ezixhaswayo okanye izibonelelo zabemi-ukwamkelwa okuthe tye ukuba ubunyani bemakethi yokuthengiswa kwezindlu yaseManhattan ayihambelani nohlahlo-lwabiwo mali. kwabo bakwiinkqubo zoqeqesho, abanamandla okuhamba ukusuka kwiindawo ezingabizi kakhulu anqunyelwe ngeeyure ezinde kangangokuba kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo iishifti zabahlali zazifakwe kwilizwe lonke ngeeyure ezili-16; Ngaphambili, iishifti zazidume ngokuzolula iiyure ezingama-40 nangaphaya.

Ewe, njengesithethi seLenox Hill, ebonelela ngendawo yokuhlala kubo bonke abahlali Umjongi, Ngokucacileyo ibango likhulu kunenani lamagumbi. ILenox Hill ibonelela abo bangayifumaniyo indawo yokuhlala (nje iipesenti ezintlanu), kodwa abahlali kwezinye izibhedlele abanathamsanqa (kwaye indawo yokuhlala eLenox ayinabuganga-iintsapho ezinabantwana zikhetha igumbi lokulala elinye kwaye Izibini zinebango elikhethekileyo kwii-studio ze-alcove). Zeziphi izindlu apho kuhlala kuhlala kuqala abafundi bezonyango, kulandele abahlali bafuduke ngaphandle kwelizwe, nabanye abantu-ixesha loqeqesho emva kokuhlala elihlawula ngokubanzi malunga nama-20 ukuya kuma-30 epesenti kunendawo yokuhlala-emazantsi.

Kukudidi lokugqibela olungahambiswanga apho awele khona uZachary Vande G Friend, owafuduka eDetroit kunye nenkosikazi yakhe kunye nabantwana ababini abancinci kunyaka ophelileyo ngenxa yobudlelwane botyando lweplastiki lonyaka omnye kwisebe le-otolaryngology laseMount Sinai.

Le yayiyeyona nto ndiyikhethileyo, ndaye ndavuya kakhulu ukuza apha. Kodwa ndikufumene kunzima ngokumangalisayo, utshilo uMnu. Vande G Friend, esongeza ukuba yena kunye nenkosikazi yakhe bebengengabo abatsha bezindlu; wayethenga indlu xa wadibana naye, kwaye wayesele enayo. Ukuthenga indlu kunzima kwaye bendikhe ndarenta kwezinye iidolophu, kodwa eneneni bendingenalo nofifi lokuba kuya kuba njani eNew York.

Akukho yena kunye nenkosikazi yakhe ababesazi umntu esixekweni, kwaye iNtaba yeSinayi ayinayo inkqubo esesikweni yokunceda iigridi ezifuna izindlu. Ekuqaleni, babengenakufumana nomrhwebi; lowo waye wadwelisa izindlu zabo eMichigan kubizwa ngokuba ngabarhwebi baseNew York de wafumana i-Citi Habitats ’uEtie Khan, owavumayo ukusebenza nabo.

Umnumzana Vande Griend wakhawuleza warhoxa kwinto yokuba wayeza kufuna umqinisekisi ukuze aqinisekise ukuqeshisa ngamagumbi amabini okulala kwi-Upper West Side, kodwa wothuka kuba befuna ukwenza amaxesha angama-80 kwirente, isixa eso esasibonakala Ukuziqhatha kulowo uza kuba ngu-garanti, utata kaMnu Vande G Friend, igqwetha eliphumeleleyo e-Oregon. Akazange afaneleke, ke u-Ms Khan ucebise ukuba babonelele ngokuhlawula unyaka wonke ngaphambili; UMnu Vande G Friend utata kuye kwafuneka athathe umgca wokulingana kwetyala lekhredithi.

Ngokusisiseko sigqibe ukubonelela ngokuhlawula i-50, 000 yeedola ngaphambili kwaye emva koko ezinye iindawo zazingenamdla, utshilo uMnu Vande G Friend. Ekugqibeleni, bafumana i $ 3,500 enamagumbi amabini okulala eAmsterdam kunye ne 98th (uhamba epakini esiya esibhedlele ntsasa nganye) ehlangabezana neemfuno zabo ezingalunganga: kumgangatho wokuqala kunye nokuhlamba impahla kwisakhiwo.

Umnumzana Vande G Friend uthe bakhawuleze bafunda ukumodareyitha ulindelo lwabo. Ekuqaleni besicinga ukuba kunokuba kuhle ukuba namagumbi okulala amathathu, kodwa oko bekungazukwenzeka. Umntwana oneminyaka eyi-1 ulala kwigumbi lokuhlambela lesibini kwipakethi-kwaye-edlalwayo, watsho, echaza ukuba abantwana bayagcinana ubusuku bonke ukuba balala kwigumbi elinye. Elona candelo linzima kukuba kukho izinyuko ezithandathu ukuya phezulu nezinyuko ezithandathu ezantsi, ke kuye kufuneke senze uhambo oluninzi ngalo lonke ixesha sihamba-fumana istroller, fumana iibhegi, fumana umntwana omnye, emva koko omnye, emva koko uphile intombi iyakhwaza kuwe.

Ngapha koko, usapho lukaMnumzana Vande Griend lwalothuswe ziimfuno zokurenta esixekweni kangangokuba baqala ukukrokrela ukuba bubuqhetseba obo, ngakumbi emva kokuba uNkosazana Khan ebanike isivumelwano sokuqeshisa, esidwelise umnini-mhlaba njenge-LLC engaziwayo. ziqhelise esixekweni.

Xa bengafumani ukuba umnini-mhlaba ukhona, baqala ukufumana paranoid. Emva koko bathi, ‘Ndazi njani ukuba iiCiti Habitats zikhona ngenene?’ Ukhumbula uNksk. Khan, owayemele acele kumphathi wakhe ubungqina bokuba le nkampani ikho ngokwenene. Andibasoli, wongeze watsho. Wayendithumela itsheki ye- $ 42,000.

Xa ejonga ngasemva, uMnumzana Vande G Friend wathi khange ayothuke into yokuba kunzima ukufumana i-broker- khange ayicinge imali yomrhwebi, ebebeqala ukuyihlawula xa behlawula, igubungela umsebenzi omkhulu u-Ms. ukwenza. Baza kuhamba kwakhona kungekudala, wongeza. Uthathe umsebenzi ecaleni konxweme olumbindi eCarlifonia, kude namagumbi okuhlambela-aguqulwe amagumbi okulala kunye nentombi yakhe enkulu ekhwaza.

Abahlali bezonyango, abarhwebi bayavuma, luhlobo olusebenzayo, alunikwanga i-whims zabanye abantu baseNew York abasandul 'ukuveliswa, abafika benamaphupha eendawo zokuhlala ezinkulu okanye izindlu ezinkulu zangaphambi kwemfazwe. Baphantse bachaphazelekayo ngokukodwa ngokusondela emsebenzini kunye nengxolo, nangona abaninzi befuna i-doorman yokukhusela kunye nokulula. Azishukunyiswa, ubukhulu becala, zizinto ezenza iintliziyo zabanye abaqeshi zibhadule-iimbono, ukukhanya okuhle, iinkcukacha zexesha.

Bafuna nje ukusondela kangangoko kunokwenzeka. Ndithi, ‘Ngaba ufuna ukukhanya ukuze ufunde?’ Bonke bathi, ‘Hayi, sifuna nje ukuthula,’ utshilo uNkskz. Hoffman, umrhwebi waseKapa. Akukho mntu ukukhathaleleyo ukukhanya, bonke bathetha into enye: 'Asizukubona ukukhanya kwemini.'

Ewe kunjalo, kukho umba wento efunwa ngabazali, uninzi lwabo olwenza njengesiqinisekiso. Uninzi lwabo lubambekile ekuhambeni ngenxa yohlahlo-lwabiwo mali, utshilo uNkskz Hoffman. Abakhathali ngokuhamba ngezinyuko kuba besebancinci, kodwa abazali babo bathi, 'Uthetha ukuthini, akukho mlindi?'

Ewe, umphathi wasemnyango yenye yeendlela ezimbalwa zokunethezeka athe uNks.

Sasifuna ukuba akwazi ukuhamba kwaye sifuna ukuba akhuseleke, ngoko ke kubalulekile ukuba umntu oscango, kuba siyazi ukuba uza kubuya ekhaya emva kwexesha, utshilo uNksz Abrams. Baye bagxila kukhangelo lwabo phakathi kwe-23 kunye ne-34 nge-Second Avenue ngenxa yezibonelelo, ngohlahlo-lwabiwo mali oluphakathi kwe- $ 3,000 kunye ne- $ 3,700 yegumbi elinye lokulala, u-Ms Price aceba ukwabelana ngalo nesoka lakhe.

UNks Abrams uthe obunye bobunzima eMurray Hill yayikukuthintela izakhiwo zeqela-eziqhelekileyo, izakhiwo zasemva kweekholeji ezitsala abafundi abasandula ukufika. UNks Price wade wanyusa uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali ukunqanda abamelwane abanengxolo, egxile kwizakhiwo ezinje ngeRivergate, iPrism kunye neGrayson, apho irente yegumbi elinye lokulala iqala phakathi- $ 3,000s. Nangona kunjalo, azikho iiyunithi ezininzi onokukhetha kuzo.

I-Murray Hill yayihlala iyindawo apho unokufumana ixabiso elingcono. Ngoku siyifumana ibiza kakhulu njengezinye iindawo zaseManhattan, utshilo uNkskz Abrams.

Kwaye njengabanye abantu abadala abaphumeleleyo, uNksz Price unexesha elincinane lokujonga, makungabikho nokukhangela, iiflethi. Ngapha koko, washiya iiveki ezimbini ezidlulileyo ngokujikeleza kwezonyango eArizona, kwaye wanika isoka lakhe kunye noNks. Abrams igunya lokwenza isigqibo.

URomina Monsef, umthengisi weCiti Habitats, othe kunye neqabane lakhe uSteve Hallerman ngoyena broker okhethwayo weSikhumbuzo Sloan Kettering kunye ne-NYU Langone, bavumile ukuba eyona nto inzima ngokusebenza nabahlali kukuba abanalo ixesha lokujonga. Kukho malunga nenyanga phakathi kokuphumelela kunye nokuqala kweenkqubo zokuhlala.

Kwaye nangona bembalwa kwaye bephakathi, kukho abanye abanini-mhlaba abaxabisa abahlali njengabaqeshi: Ngapha koko, abakho ekhaya kakhulu kwaye xa belele, utshilo umthengisi waseCorcoran uBeth Benalloul, othe isakhiwo apho Ehlala eChartwell House nge-92 kunye nelesibini, inabagqirha abamalunga nama-40 abahlala kuyo nangaliphi na ixesha.

Sigcwele zizicelo ezivela kubahlali minyaka le-ndiyacinga kuba kulula ukuhamba umgama esibhedlele, utshilo. Kananjalo nokukhetha akutshintshi konke oko njengoko oogqirha banyusa isikali semivuzo. UNks Benalloul kutshanje uthengise i-penthouse eyi- $ 19.34 yezigidi kwi-515 East 72nd Street kugqirha oyintloko e-Weill Cornell. Phakathi kwezinto ezinomtsalane, utshilo, bekukufuphi esibhedlele kunye neenkonzo zecondoo zoncedo olupheleleyo, ngakumbi umthambo.

Kodwa nangoluhlu oludweliswe kakhulu lwezinto ekufuneka uzenzile, kuhlala kunzima ukufumana izindlu kumgama wokuhamba womsebenzi. UNks Monsef uthe ucebisa abahlali abaninzi be-NYU ukuba bajonge i-Upper East Side, apho ii-studio ziqala khona malunga ne-1,600 yeedola, endaweni ye-Murray Hill, apho baqala khona nge-1,750 yeedola. Isenokungabonakali ngathi ngumahluko omkhulu, kodwa i-150 yeedola ngenyanga ibaluleke kakhulu xa ujonge phezulu kuhlahlo-lwabiwo mali. Ngaphandle koko, wongeze, kwi-Upper East Side, izindlu ezingabizi kakhulu zininzi, ngelixa eMurray Hill kunokubakho istudiyo esinye seedola ezili-1,800 ezikhoyo nangaliphi na ixesha.

Kwintengiso yokuthengisa izindlu nomhlaba yaseManhattan, wongeze, inye into enceda abahlali bakhusele indlu abayifunayo: iringi yomtshato. Abahlali abatshatileyo, abanengeniso emibini, banethuba elikhethekileyo kwimarike yezindlu, ukubuyela umva okuphawulekayo kuMdlalo ngokwawo, apho izibini ezithatha isigqibo sokudibana kunye zijongana nobunzima ekufumaneni indawo ephezulu.

Umyeni nenkosikazi uDavid Fealey kunye no-Epreli Pruski, bobabini abaya kuhlala kwindawo yokuhlala e-NYU, babelindele ukuba irente zizakuba kuphahla lwaseMurray Hill, utshilo uMnu Fealey, ubuncinci be-3,000 yeedola ukuba asizange Ndifuna ukuhlala kwibhokisi yezihlangu. Bobabini abasuka eStenen Island, ngebengazange bahlala eManhattan ngaphambili, emva kokuba benze unyaka wabo wokuqala wokuhlala kwiSibhedlele iYunivesithi yaseStaten Island, abathi bahamba besuka eSheepshead Bay efikelelekayo. Kodwa babesazi ngokwaneleyo ukuba bazibeke phambi kokuba bazingele kunye noNks Monsef kobu busika.

Endaweni yoko, bamangaliswa. Kuyavunywa, ezinye zeendawo ze- $ 2,100 zazingama-misshapen, njengeyokuqala into oyibonayo sisiqandisi, utshilo uMnu Fealey. Kodwa bavakalise ukonwabela igumbi lokulala elinye kwi4 Park Avenue abasandula ukungena kuyo.

Xa sithethile, bebesapakisha, kodwa indawo leyo, ngokufutshane, phantse kanye le nto babenethemba layo: igumbi lokulala lokwenyani elimalunga nokuhamba kwemizuzu eli-10 ukusuka emsebenzini nge-2,700 yeedola ngenyanga. Inesakhiwo esifanelekileyo kunye neesilingi ezili-12 ezinyawo-utshintsho olumnandi emva kwendlu yabo kwigumbi elingaphantsi eSheepshead Bay-kunye nelifti kunye nocango, ebengekho kuluhlu lweemfuno zabo.

Ekuphela kwento engekhoyo, utshilo uMnu Fealey, yayikukuhlamba izitya-kunye nenja.