U-Omega Mckenzie ushiya indawo yokuhlala eBrooklyn ngaphambi kokuba aye e-Atlanta, Georgia.Ifoto nguSpencer Platt / Getty Izithombe Njengabaphuhlisi bezindlu ezifikelelekayo abangenzi nzuzo, sithetha kakhulu ngendlela izindlu ezifikelelekayo ezinikezela ngayo uzinzo kunye namathuba kwiintsapho ezinengeniso ephantsi kunye nephakathi ezisebenza nzima ukuziphilisa kwiimarike zezindlu ezinexabiso. Kodwa izindlu ezifikelelekayo zikwenzela ukuba abantu abadala, uninzi lwabo bahlala kwimivuzo engaguqukiyo, bahlale kwiindawo zabo abazithandayo ixesha elide. Ngo-2060, inani lamaMerika Ngaphezulu kwama-65 izakuphinda kabini . Ukuhlala kwaba bantu bakhulileyo yingxaki ezayo, kwaye sele siqala ukubona ukuba iziphumo zentlekele xa singathathi amanyathelo afanelekileyo okulungiswa.
Ngo-2011, amaza okuqala e-Baby Boomers-isizukulwana samaMelika azalwe phakathi kowe-1946 nowe-1964-aneminyaka engama-65. Kwisithuba nje esingaphezulu kweshumi leminyaka, inani labantu baseMelika abangaphezulu kweminyaka engama-65 ubudala liza kuba phezulu Izigidi ezingama-71 , emalunga 25 yezigidi ngaphezulu kwesixa sabadala namhlanje.
Izindlu kweli candelo labemi ngumba otyhafisayo, kwaye ungashukuxeki ngokusebenzayo nangokucinga ngoku sele kubangela iziphumo ezibi.
Ngokuhamba koMthetho woKhuseleko lweNtlalo ngo-1935, i-United States yathembisa ukuba ukuba abantu baseMelika basebenze kubo bonke ubomi babo, banokuthembela ekufumaneni ingeniso encinci eya kuthi ibakhusele, baphile ngokundilisekileyo emva kokuthatha umhlala-phantsi. Okwangoku namhlanje, nge 10,000 Abantu baseMelika bathatha umhlala-phantsi yonke imihla, eso sithembiso siyasilela.
Apha kwisiXeko saseNew York, ingxaki ihlanganiswe yimarike yerente esele ingafikeleleki kwaye inyani yokuba abantu abadala sisixeko ukukhula ngokukhawuleza Inani labemi. Baninzi kakhulu abantu abadala baseNew York abasokolayo ukufumana ikhaya elikhuselekileyo, elihloniphekileyo nelifikelelekayo kwimali encinci abayamkelayo abayifumanayo. Ukuqinisekisa ukuba ootatomkhulu noomakhulu, abazali, kunye nosuku lwethu kunye nabantwana bethu banokuhlala kwisiXeko saseNew York emva kokuthatha umhlala-phantsi, kufuneka sityalomali kuphuhliso lwezindlu olufikelelekayo oluhambelana neemfuno zabantu abadala.
Kodwa imfuno yezindlu eziphezulu ezixhaswayo kwiSixeko saseNew York zikude kakhulu kunikezelo. Uluhlu lokulinda lwezindlu eziphezulu inokuba yiminyaka esixhenxe . Kwaye ngelixa inani labantu abangaphezulu kweminyaka engama-50 abahlala ezitalatweni kwilizwe liphela atsibe iipesenti ezingama-20 phakathi ko-2007 kunye no-2014, inani labantu abadala abangenamakhaya kwiindawo zokuhlala zaseNew York yadubula ngama-55 eepesenti phakathi ko-2002 no-2012.
Ngombulelo, kukho inkqubela esele yenziwe. Ulawulo lukaSodolophu, uBill de Blasio, lubize izindlu eziphezulu kulo Izindlu eNew York: IsiCwangciso seMinyaka eliShumi, isiCwangciso seMinyaka elishumi . Phakathi kuka-2003 no-2016, malunga 3,500 efikelelekayo izindlu zokuhlala eziphezulu zakhiwa kwisiXeko saseNew York, kwaye icebo lezindlu likasodolophu lijolise ekwenzeni iiyunithi ezingama-5 000 ezongezelelweyo.
Nangona kunjalo, kubotshelelwe kulo mbuzo onzima wokufumanisa ukuba ungazakha phi izindlu eziphezulu.
Iindawo ezininzi ezinikezela ngamagumbi afikelelekayo ama-20, 30, 40 kunye nama-50 kwiminyaka eyadlulayo ngoku zezona ndawo zibiza kakhulu esixekweni, ezinje ngeLower East Side naseNolita. Kubantu abadala abakhule bebiza ezi ndawo zokuhlala ekhaya, ukufuduka kunokuba ngamava abuhlungu. Ukwakha kwezi ndawo zoluntu kufuneka kube phambili.
Kodwa ngokuxabiseka okuphezulu kakhulu komhlaba kunye nendawo encinci engenamntu yokwakha kwezi ndawo zishushu, ulwakhiwo olutsha sisiqwenga sesisombululo. Kufuneka sabele oovimba bolondolozo lwezindlu esele zikhona nohlengahlengiso oluya kuvumela abantu abadala ukuba babe badala ngobunono ngokukhuselekileyo, ngokukhululekileyo nangokufikelelekayo.
Ukugcina isidima sabamelwane bethu abalupheleyo, kufuneka sityale imali kulwakhiwo nasekugcinweni kwezindlu ezifikelelekayo kwisixeko sonke. IsiXeko saseNew York kufuneka sihlale silikhaya elifanelekileyo kubo bonke abantu, nakubomi bonke.
UKaren Haycox liGosa eliyiNtloko eliLawulayo leHabitat yoLuntu kwiSixeko saseNew York.
