Isiphakamiso sokunikezelwa kwesabelo sehotele, imotel kunye nerhafu yokurenta isithuthi kwiinkonzo zentlalo sele yamkelwe liBhunga lesiXeko sasePortland kunye neBhunga leMetro. Iimali ezinikezelweyo ziya kuhlawulela ababoneleli ngenkonzo ukunceda abahlali abafumana umvuzo ophantsi kakhulu abanempilo yengqondo kunye neminye imiba ukuba bahlale kwizindlu eziza kwakhiwa yiPortland kunye neMetro yezindlu ezifikelelekayo.
Ukuba ivunyiwe, utshintsho luya kuqala kwabelwa i-2.5 yezigidi zeerandi ngonyaka kwindawo yokuhlala kunye nokhuseleko kunye neenkonzo ezixhasayo kubantu abanengxaki yokungabi namakhaya, okanye abasemngciphekweni wokungabinakhaya. Elo nani liya kukhula ngokuhamba kwexesha.
“Le nkxaso-mali iya kuhlawulela ukuphila kunye neenkonzo zenkxaso, kunye neendleko zokusebenza ezinxulumeneyo, iinkqubo ezixhasayo kunye neeprojekthi ezixhaswa ngemali yingeniso yeSixeko neMetro evunywe ngabavoti ngo-2016 no-2018, ngokulandelelanayo, ukudala amakhaya afikelelekayo kubantu abafumana umvuzo ophantsi; ” ifunda uhlalutyo lomlinganiselo oza kuqwalaselwa lilizwe. Ukusetyenziswa kweerhafu kumiselwa sisixeko, isiphaluka kunye neMetro.
Elindele ukuvunywa kolu tshintsho, uSihlalo weNqila yaseMultnomah uDeborah Kafoury uthe, “Abantu abahlala ngaphandle bayakhula kwaye banengxaki yokukhubazeka kunye neemeko zempilo ezingapheliyo. Abanabo ubunewunewu bokulinda kwaye nathi asifanele. Siyazi ukuba urhulumente wobumbano akazukungena kwaye asinike inkxaso-mali esiyifunayo. Ke kufuneka sicinge ngokuyilayo kwaye sichonge ingeniso entsha kuwo wonke ummandla, njengale. ”
Esi sivumelwano sitsha siza kuxhasa ngemali ukulungiswa kweZiko leeSikhumbuzo samagqala kunye namaZiko oBugcisa asePortland, imitsalane yokhenketho yasekhaya.
Abakhenkethi bachithe i-5.3 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwiPortland enkulu ngo-2018 kwaye yinxalenye enkulu yoqoqosho lwethu, kwaye kufuneka siqinisekise ukuba siyaqhubeka nokutsala iindwendwe ezivela kwihlabathi liphela ukuya kwisixeko sethu esikhulu. IHawaii ikwimeko embi kakhulu enepesenti enkulu yabantu abangenamakhaya, abaninzi abahlala kwiindawo ezihlala iindwendwe.
