kuchokera ku The Ohio Newsroom: Kuyimitsidwa kwa chilolezo choyendetsa ngongole zokhudzana ndi ngongole kuli ndi 'chipale chofewa' kwa anthu omwe amapeza ndalama zochepa ku Ohio.

By Kendall Crawford

Timberly Klintworth sanachite nawo ngozi yomwe idapangitsa kuti chiphaso chake chiyimitsidwe.

Mu 2016, mwamuna wake panthawiyo anagunda galimoto ina. Chifukwa chakuti Klintworth anali atabwereketsa galimotoyo ndipo analibe inshuwaransi, anam’zenga mlandu wa madola 6,000. Iye sakanakhoza kulipira iyo. Choncho, chilolezo chake chinaimitsidwa.

"Kenako kuchokera pamenepo, zidangokhala ngati zikuyenda, "adatero Klintworth. “Sindinathe kusonkhanitsa zinthu zanga. Sindinkadziwa kwenikweni chimene chinali kuchitika chifukwa ndinalibe malo okhazikika.”

Panthawiyo, anali kulimbana ndi vuto la kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo. Anapita kuchipatala ndikuyamba kukonza moyo wake. Anapezanso ana ake awiri, anapeza ntchito, anapeza malo akeake. Koma chifukwa cha ngongoleyo sankatha kuyendetsa galimoto.

"Ndizovuta …

Pali pafupifupi mamiliyoni atatu oyimitsidwa ziphaso zoyendetsa galimoto ku Ohio pachaka, malinga ndi lipoti lochokera ku Legal Aid Society of Cleveland.

Koma ambiri mwa kuyimitsidwa kumeneku sikuchokera pakuyendetsa koyipa kapena kowopsa. Ndi chifukwa cholephera kulipira chindapusa. Ku Ohio, chindapusa cha khothi, kulephera kukhala ndi inshuwaransi yagalimoto kapena kubweza ndalama zothandizira ana kungayambitse kuyimitsidwa kwa laisensi yoyendetsa.

'Kugwidwa mozungulira'

Ndi nkhani yomwe imapweteka kwambiri anthu a ku Ohio omwe amapeza ndalama zochepa, malinga ndi Zack Eckles, woimira mfundo ku Ohio Poverty Law Center. Anati njira yamakono yoyimitsa laisensi imayika anthu pakati pa thanthwe ndi malo ovuta: Ayenera kusankha pakati pa kutsatira lamulo kapena kulandira malipiro.

"Anthu amangogwidwa m'nyengo yomwe simungathe kuyendetsa galimoto kupita kuntchito kuti mulipire ngongole yanu ndipo simungathe kulipira ngongole chifukwa simungathe kuyendetsa galimoto kupita kuntchito," adatero Eckles. "Ndipo zimakhala ndi chipale chofewa kwenikweni kwa anthu omwe amapeza ndalama zochepa, kuti anthu omwe amapeza ndalama zapakati safunikira kuthana nawo."

Ndipo, malinga ndi Eckles, kugwiritsa ntchito kwake ngati chida chopezera ngongole sikukugwira ntchito.

Ohio ili ndi ndalama zokwana madola 920 miliyoni pachaka pakuyimitsidwa kokhudzana ndi ngongole, malinga ndi lipoti la Legal Aid Society of Cleveland. Ndilopamwamba kwambiri m'matauni a boma, komwe kuli pafupifupi 700 kuyimitsidwa kwa ngongole kwa anthu chikwi chilichonse.

Anne Sweeney, loya ndi a Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, adati kukhudzidwa kumapitilira munthu. Ananenanso kuti zimalemetsa madera akumatauni aku Ohio ndi ngongole zomwe zitha kukhazikitsidwa pantchito, maphunziro kapena zinthu zina zofunika kuwononga ndalama.

"Izi ndi ndalama zomwe zikuchotsedwa m'madera kusiyana ndi kukhalabe m'mabanja omwe angagwiritse ntchito ndalama m'deralo ndikuthandizira madera kuti aziyenda bwino," adatero Sweeney.

Zosankha zochepa

Zimakhudzanso kwambiri madera akumidzi, malinga ndi Sondra Bryson, loya ndi Legal Aid ku Southeast ndi Central Ohio.

"Zimakhala zovuta kupita kulikonse mukakhala mulibe chilolezo chovomerezeka kumidzi ya Ohio chifukwa ndi zoyendera za anthu ochepa kapena mulibe," adatero Bryson. “Ndipo nthawi zambiri sikuti amangopita kukagwira ntchito basi. Kwatsala ola limodzi kapena zimatenga nthawi yaitali kuti tifike kumeneko.”

Izi ndi zoona ku Knox County, kumene Klintworth amakhala. Klintworth adayenera kudalira abwenzi kuti amuyendetse kuntchito, kukatengera ana ake kusukulu, kugolosale, kumalo ochezera. Zatanthauza kukhala ndi nthawi yochepa yokhala ndi ana ake kunja kwa nyumba, adatero.

"Ndikufuna kuti ndizitha kuwatengera kumalo osangalatsa. Akuyenera kupita kumalo osungiramo nyama kapena kumalo osungiramo madzi,” adatero Klintworth. "Ndipo sindinathe kuwapatsa chifukwa sindingathe kuchita ndekha."

Klintworth wakhala akugwira ntchito ndi Bryson kuyambira 2022 kuti agwire ntchito kuti abweze layisensi yake. Bryson adati kuyimitsidwa kwa laisensi yokhudzana ndi ngongole kumapanga oposa 40% amilandu yake yakumidzi ya Ohio, ndipo nthawi zambiri, amamaliza kusungitsa ndalama, imodzi mwamayankho okhawo omwe ali ndi udindo wa Klintworth.

Kumalola kuti ngongole yawo ikhululukidwe, pamtengo wake. Zitha kuwononga ngongole ya ngongole, zomwe zingapangitse kuti zikhale zovuta kufunsira nyumba m'tsogolomu. Bryson adati kubweza ngongole kungakhale chida champhamvu chothandizira omwe ali ndi ngongole. Koma, adati ndi njira yomaliza, makamaka popeza imatha kuchitika kamodzi pazaka zisanu ndi zitatu zilizonse.

"Ngati mubweza ndalama zokwana $2,000 kuti mubwezere laisensi yanu, koma mawa mudzakhala ndi vuto lalikulu lachipatala lomwe inshuwaransi sichita, ndiye kuti mwakhala zaka zisanu ndi zitatu," adatero Bryson.

Kukonzekera kothekera

Pakhoza kukhala njira yotsika mtengo poyandikira: Nyumba yamalamulo ku Ohio ikulingalira zabilu yokonzanso kuyimitsidwa. Pansi pa bipartisan bilu, kukokera laisensi sikungakhalenso chilango cha chindapusa komanso chindapusa, mwa zina, malinga ndi malipoti a Sarah Donaldson wa Statehouse News Bureau.

Ngati chitadutsa, Ohio idzakhala dziko la 22 kuti lithetse kuyimitsidwa chifukwa cholephera kulipira, malinga ndi Fines and Fees Justice Center.

"Lingakhale limodzi mwamalamulo omveka bwino pankhani imeneyi kuti aperekedwe mdziko muno," adatero Eckles. "Sizingathetse vutoli kwathunthu, koma lingakhale gawo lalikulu."

Pakadali pano, Klintworth adasumira ku bankirapuse. Ngongole yake tsopano yatha, akuyesetsa kuti apambane mayeso ake oyendetsa patatha pafupifupi zaka zisanu popanda laisensi.

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