“Namuhla ubusuku bami,” kusho u-Henrik Muehle, iMenenja Jikelele yeFlemings Hotel eLondon Mayfair. “Ngipakishile isikhwama sami sokulala futhi ngizogqoka izingubo eziningi ezifudumele ukuze ngilale ngaphandle ebusuku obushubisa umnkantsha eLord’s Cricket Grounds ku-St. Johns Wood Road, eLondon, ukuze ngibonise ubumbano nabantu abaswele.”
U-Bianca Robinson ovela eLords Cricket Ground uthe: “I-Lockdown ibe nzima kithina sonke. Kodwa ake ucabange ukube wawungenakhaya, ungenambhede, ungenakudla, futhi ungekho lapho uzizwa ulondekile khona.
“Le nkinga isifake abantu abaningi emigwaqeni njengoba sebephelelwe wumsebenzi, bengakwazi ukukhokha irenti, bedonsa kanzima ukondla imindeni yabo. Abanye bakwazile ukusebenzisa amakamelo amahhotela angenalutho, kodwa ngaphandle kokusekelwa okuqhubekayo, bazobuyela emigwaqweni. Badinga usizo LWAKHO. Uzolala phansi nabanikazi bamabhizinisi, abaphathi, nezingcweti eziphezulu, nabaholi bazo zonke izinhlobo, bonke bebambe izintambo belele ngaphandle ukuze baqwashise abantu futhi baxhase ngezimali, umuntu ngamunye ethembisa ukukhuphula noma ukunikela ubuncane buka-£2,000 ukuze kuliwe nokungabi nakhaya nobumpofu. eLondon. Ubusuku bakho bokulala nabangane bakho eNkosi bungashintsha impilo.”
I-CEO ilale ngaphandle enabahlanganyeli ababalelwa ku-100 senzeka ngemva kokuhlehliswa kusukela ngo-2020. Ngo-2019, abalala emakhazeni bakhuphula i-£85,000 emangalisayo yezinhlangano ezisiza umphakathi.
U-Henrik Muehle ungomunye wabaqoqi bezimali abakhulu be-CEO yokuqongelela imali yokulala. Emavikini amnyama ngonyaka odlule lapho ubhubhane luhlasela iLondon, amahhotela nezindawo zokudlela, izitolo zekhofi, kanye nemigoqo kwadingeka kuvalwe ukuvala izikhala ezinde, ubepheka ama-curries (izidlo ezingama-300) ekhishini lakhe lehhotela eliyizintandane labangenamakhaya. Imvamisa, unompheki we-Michelin Star endaweni yakhe yokudlela yase-ORMER Mayfair, kodwa ngesikhathi sokuvalwa, bekungekho abasebenzi, kungekho mpheki, futhi kungekho zivakashi ehhotela. Kwadingeka ukuthi angene ehhotela nabantu abambalwa ukuze agcine yonke into ihamba futhi iphephile.
Kwakuyisikhathi esibi esishiye izisebenzi eziningi zamahhotela nezindawo zokudlela eLondon zingenamsebenzi nemali engenayo. Abaningi babo babengagcinanga nje ngokulahlekelwa imisebenzi kodwa namakhaya abo njengoba babengasakwazi ukukhokha irenti futhi kudingeke balale kanzima. Izakhamizi ze-EU azikwazanga ukubuyela emazweni azo njengoba zazingekho izindiza noma izitimela ezibuyela ezwenikazi.
Lapho ethatha uhambo olude emigwaqweni eyihlane yaseLondon, uHenrik Muehle wathola amabhange okudla ebusuku futhi wanquma ukusiza ngokushesha. Abaningi bezisebenzi zakhe zangaphambili bakujabulela ukumeseka. Ubumbano olukhulu ngokunikeza ukudla neziphuzo ezishisayo ebhange lokudla eduze kwaseTrafalgar Square kwakumangalisa nje. U-Henrik uphinde wahlela izikhwama zokudla ezivela kwa-M&S kulabo abadinga usizo.
Umfanele ukuthola indondo, kusho uFrances Smith, waseLondon. Ngivumelana ngokuphelele futhi asethembe ukuthi akekho umuntu ongenwa amakhaza ngemva kokulala ngaphandle emoyeni obandayo eLord's Cricket Grounds.
Kungani ibaluleke kangaka?
The iphupho elibi lokungabi nakhaya ibhekene nabantu abangama-250,000 abathi nsuku zonke e-UK. Ucwaningo lwakamuva lubonisa iqiniso elishaqisayo ngokungabi nakhaya eNgilandi.
Yasungulwa ngo-2015 nguSihlalo u-Andy Preston, I-CEO Imicimbi yokulala ibibanjwe kulo lonke elase-UK, okuhlanganisa nemicimbi engu-8 yokulala ezofika kulo nyaka. I-Sleepout ibibanjelwe e-Lord's Cricket Ground enyakatho-ntshonalanga ye-London, futhi abaholi bamabhizinisi balala ngaphandle ngobunye bobusuku obubanda kakhulu kulo nyaka emzamweni wokukhulisa imali nokuqwashisa ngenkinga yobubha ekhulayo e-UK.
“Umoya ebusuku wawumuhle, futhi naphezu kwamakhaza, ukwazi ukuthi sisiza abantu esifundeni sonke kwaveza umuzwa ofudumele ngempela,” kusho umhlanganyeli.
Yini esiyaziyo ngokulala okunzima eLondon?
Abantu abayi-11,018 baqoshwe njengabalale kanzima enhlokodolobha ngo-2020/21. Le datha, evela kwa-Greater London Authority's, ilandelela abalala ngendlela engafanele e-London ebonwa izisebenzi zokufinyelela. Lokhu kukhuphuka ngo-3% uma kuqhathaniswa nengqikithi yabantu abayizi-10,726 ababonwe ngonyaka owandulele futhi cishe kabili kunaseminyakeni eyi-10 edlule. Phakathi nenani eliphelele labangu-11,018, abangu-7,531 bebengalali abasha abangakaze babonakale belele eLondon ngaphambi kwalo nyaka.
Isibalo sokulala esibucayi simelela isihloko se-iceberg. Labo abahlala ezindaweni zokukhosela nasemahostela abafakiwe. Futhi ababona abantu abalala emabhasini asebusuku, abangabonwa, noma abahamba besuka kosofa baya kwelinye, kubika i Glassdoor.
