Lapho abavakashi befika e-Hawaii, babingelelwa ngemigexo enezimbali futhi bakhale ngokuthi “Aloha!" Kodwa lapho labo bantu bebonakala bengama-down-out, isiqhingi esifudumele siyanyamalala ngokushesha.
Osopolitiki base-Honolulu, umnotho wabo manje usugxile kakhulu ekuhwebeni kwezivakashi, bacubungula umthetho ozobona izinkulungwane zabantu abangenamakhaya bakuleli dolobha benikezwa amathikithi endiza asendleleni eyodwa abuyela ezifundazweni zabo.
Abasekeli balolu hlelo bathi isibalo esandayo sabantu sesiqale ukulala kabi eHawaii ngesikhathi sokwehla komnotho kwakamuva. Abaningi babo bavela kwezinye izingxenye zeMelika, bekhangwa isimo sezulu esifudumele.
Bekunabantu abangenamakhaya abangu-4,171 e-Oahu, isiqhingi esinabantu abaningi, ngoJanuwari nonyaka, okuwukwanda ngamaphesenti ayi-15 ezinyangeni eziyi-12 ezedlule. Inqwaba ilala kabi ezindaweni zezivakashi ezidumile.
Abenzi bomthetho bathemba ukuthi abasanda kufika banganxenxwa ukuthi bavolontiye ukuze bathole ithikithi lamahhala lokubuyela lapho bevela khona. "Lokhu kuzoholela ezintweni ezimbili," uSenator John Mizuno, umlandeli ovelele walolu hlelo, etshela isiteshi sikamabonakude sendawo. "Ukuhlangana kabusha komndeni, kanye [nokonga] izinsiza zombuso ezinomkhawulo kubahlali bendawo abangenamakhaya."
Ikhaya lamathikithi lizobiza iHawaii cishe u-$350 (£230). Ngokuphambene, ukunikeza izinsiza zomphakathi kumuntu oyedwa ongenakhaya kufinyelela emalini elinganiselwa ku-$35,000 ngonyaka. Nokho, akuwona wonke umuntu osekela uhlelo oluhlongozwayo. Kuphikiswa yizinkampani zezindiza - ezingafuni amakhasimende akhokhayo aphoqwe ukuba ahlale eduze kwabantu abathola amathikithi amahhala - kanye nezinhlangano eziningi ezisiza umphakathi ezingenamakhaya. "Asiyixazululi inkinga," uDoran Porter we-Affordable Housing and Homeless Alliance etshela iphephandaba i-Honolulu Star. "Sizobe sishutha abantu besuka kwenye indawo baye kwenye."
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- There were 4,171 homeless people on Oahu, the most populated island, in January this year, an increase of 15 per cent in the past 12 months.
- Osopolitiki base-Honolulu, umnotho wabo manje usugxile kakhulu ekuhwebeni kwezivakashi, bacubungula umthetho ozobona izinkulungwane zabantu abangenamakhaya bakuleli dolobha benikezwa amathikithi endiza asendleleni eyodwa abuyela ezifundazweni zabo.
- It is opposed by airlines – who do not want paying customers forced to sit next to people who receive the free tickets – and most homeless charities.
