{"id":5475,"date":"2025-10-13T14:33:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T18:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitedwaysem.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=5475"},"modified":"2025-10-13T17:01:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T21:01:03","slug":"miles-its-time-for-michigan-to-adopt-a-state-wide-water-affordability-system-that-will-make-sure-we-can-all-get-the-water-we-need-at-rates-we-can-afford","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/unitedwaysem.org\/es\/news\/miles-its-time-for-michigan-to-adopt-a-state-wide-water-affordability-system-that-will-make-sure-we-can-all-get-the-water-we-need-at-rates-we-can-afford\/","title":{"rendered":"Miles: Es hora de que Michigan adopte un sistema estatal de accesibilidad al agua que garantice que todos podamos obtener el agua que necesitamos a precios asequibles."},"template":"","class_list":["post-5475","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"details":{"featured_image":"","abstract":"","program_theme":[131],"topic":false},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_news_event_hero","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_news_event_hero":{"":null,"heading":"It\u2019s time for Michigan to adopt a state-wide water affordability system","summary":"United Way for Southeastern Michigan Vice President of Community Impact Jeff Miles says it\u2019s time for Michigan to adopt a state-wide water affordability system that will make sure we can all get the water we need at rates we can afford.","image":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/opinion\/2025\/10\/12\/miles-michigan-must-adopt-a-state-wide-water-affordability-system\/86604416007\/?gnt-cfr=1&amp;gca-cat=p&amp;gca-uir=true&amp;gca-epti=z119266p119150c119150e004600v119266d114228&amp;gca-ft=20&amp;gca-ds=sophi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Nota del editor: Este art\u00edculo de opini\u00f3n fue publicado inicialmente por The Detroit News.\u00a0<\/em><\/a>\r\n\r\nDesde nuestro lema estatal, inspirado en la pen\u00ednsula, hasta nuestro apodo de \u201cEstado de los Grandes Lagos\u201d, la identidad de M\u00edchigan gira en torno al agua. Cada a\u00f1o, la gente acude en masa a nuestro estado en busca de sus lagos, r\u00edos y arroyos. Sin embargo, a pesar de esta abundancia de agua, nos enfrentamos a una crisis cada vez mayor: muchos habitantes de M\u00edchigan no pueden permitirse pagar el agua que llega a sus hogares.\r\n\r\nDesde 1980, los precios del agua en todo el estado casi se han duplicado, tras ajustar la inflaci\u00f3n. M\u00e1s de 145 000 hogares de M\u00edchigan gastaron m\u00e1s del 51 % de sus ingresos solo en facturas de agua y alcantarillado en 2022. El aumento de las tarifas del agua perjudica especialmente a las personas mayores con ingresos fijos, quienes deben elegir entre destinar sus limitados recursos al agua o a medicamentos esenciales.\r\n\r\nLa crisis de la asequibilidad del agua afecta a todas las partes de nuestro estado, desde la zona rural de la Pen\u00ednsula Superior hasta el \u00e1rea metropolitana de Detroit. Seg\u00fan el informe \u2019Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed (ALICE)\u00bb de United Way para 2025, el 41,1 % de los hogares de los condados de Macomb, Oakland, Washtenaw y Wayne no ganan lo suficiente para cubrir un presupuesto m\u00ednimo. Se trata de hogares que, ante un problema de salud o una reparaci\u00f3n del autom\u00f3vil, se ven sin dinero para pagar sus facturas de agua, lo que los sumerge en deudas o los enfrenta a un corte de suministro. Escuchamos las historias de estas familias todos los d\u00edas. Desde principios de 2023, m\u00e1s de 10 000 personas en el sureste de M\u00edchigan han llamado a nuestra l\u00ednea de ayuda 2-1-1 solicitando asistencia para sus facturas de agua. En 2023, comenzamos a trabajar con el condado de Oakland y la Autoridad del Agua de los Grandes Lagos para poner en marcha el Programa de Asistencia Residencial para el Agua (WRAP) y el Programa de Asistencia para Situaciones de Dificultad (HAP), que ayudan a los hogares con dificultades a pagar sus facturas de agua y a realizar reparaciones b\u00e1sicas que reducen sus facturas a largo plazo. Desde el 1 de octubre, hemos ampliado nuestra participaci\u00f3n en el WRAP al condado de Washtenaw y hemos inscrito a m\u00e1s de 800 familias de Oakland y Washtenaw en los programas de asistencia para el pago de facturas y reparaciones.\r\n\r\n<a class=\"tm-button button version-1\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/unitedwaysem.org\/es\/act\/advocate-for-affordable-water\/\" target=\"true\"><span class=\"tm-button-inner\"><span class=\"text\">Aboguen por un agua asequible<\/span><\/span><\/a>\r\n\r\nCada a\u00f1o, programas como el nuestro en comunidades de todo el estado se ven limitados por la falta de fondos. Nuestro actual sistema fragmentado deja a algunas zonas sin fondos suficientes para satisfacer las necesidades, lo que obliga a las agencias comunitarias a colocar a las familias en listas de espera o a darlas de baja cuando se agotan los fondos. Y cuando las personas no pueden pagar sus facturas, todos pagamos las consecuencias: los cortes de suministro aumentan las enfermedades, los desalojos y las ejecuciones hipotecarias, y provocan un aumento de las tarifas cuando las empresas de suministro de agua intentan recuperar sus p\u00e9rdidas.\r\n\r\nEl paquete de proyectos de ley sobre la asequibilidad del agua (Proyectos de Ley del Senado 248-256), presentado en el Senado estatal este mes de abril, ofrece una soluci\u00f3n bipartidista para abordar este problema. Esta legislaci\u00f3n limitar\u00eda las tarifas del agua a niveles asequibles para las familias de bajos ingresos, proteger\u00eda a las personas con afecciones de salud que cumplan los requisitos frente a los cortes de agua y ayudar\u00eda a los propietarios de viviendas que re\u00fanan los requisitos a realizar reparaciones a bajo costo.\r\n\r\nPara mantener el programa, cada cliente de agua contribuir\u00eda con 1,25 d\u00f3lares al mes, que se reinvertir\u00edan en los hogares de su regi\u00f3n. Esa peque\u00f1a cuota hace m\u00e1s que mantener los grifos de nuestros vecinos abiertos para cocinar, limpiar y beber: es una inversi\u00f3n inteligente y compartida que beneficia a todos. Gran parte del sistema de agua de nuestro estado tiene m\u00e1s de 50 a\u00f1os, y reemplazar las tuber\u00edas o realizar reparaciones es costoso. Cuando muchos hogares se atrasan en el pago de sus facturas, los servicios p\u00fablicos se enfrentan a d\u00e9ficits presupuestarios y deben aplazar el mantenimiento cr\u00edtico \u2014lo que eleva el costo de las aver\u00edas\u2014 o aumentar las tarifas de manera generalizada. Esta modesta contribuci\u00f3n ayuda a evitar ambas situaciones.\r\n\r\nNuestro estado ofrece programas de asistencia similares y muy eficaces que ayudan a los residentes a pagar sus facturas de electricidad y calefacci\u00f3n. Es hora de que M\u00edchigan adopte un sistema estatal de asequibilidad del agua que garantice que todos podamos obtener el agua que necesitamos a tarifas que podamos pagar.\r\n\r\n<em>Jeff Miles es vicepresidente de Impacto Comunitario en United Way para el sureste de Michigan.<\/em>","right_rail_type":"none","stat":{"title":"","abstract":""},"image":null,"callout":{"text":"","abstract":""},"":null,"settings":""}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Miles: It\u2019s time for Michigan to adopt a state-wide water affordability system that will make sure we can all get the water we need at rates we can afford. - United Way for Southeastern Michigan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It\u2019s time for Michigan to adopt a state-wide water affordability system that will make sure we can all get the water we need at rates we can afford.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/unitedwaysem.org\/es\/news\/miles-its-time-for-michigan-to-adopt-a-state-wide-water-affordability-system-that-will-make-sure-we-can-all-get-the-water-we-need-at-rates-we-can-afford\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Miles: It\u2019s time for Michigan to adopt a state-wide water affordability system that will make sure we can all get the water we need at rates we can afford. - 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