Iposwe nge-25 kaFebruwari 2025
9: 20 am
Ngokutyikitywa kwe-House Bill 29 ngoJanuwari ka-2025, abantu baseOhio abasayi kuphinda banqunyanyiswe iilayisensi zabo ngenxa yokungakwazi ukuhlawula amatyala. Olu loyiso lweza emva kweminyaka emininzi yophando, imfundo kunye nentsebenziswano.
Uluntu lwabathengi beLegal Aid luchaphazeleke kakhulu kukunqunyanyiswa kwelayisensi yokuqhuba enxulumene namatyala. Ukuqala ngo-2018 - ngokuhambelana nokunyuka kokuhanjiswa kokutya koqoqosho lwegig kunye neenkonzo zokuqhuba - Iinkcukacha-manani zewebhusayithi yeLegal Aid zibonise ukuba abantu abaninzi bebekhangela (kwaye bandwendwela iwebhusayithi) ngolwazi "lokufumana ilayisenisi yokuqhuba" kunye "nokunqunyanyiswa okunxulumene netyala." Ukongeza, abantu abaninzi bebefowunela uNcedo lwezoMthetho befuna uncedo lokufumana iilayisensi zabo emva kokunqunyanyiswa kwetyala. Oku kunqunyanyiswa kwetyala okunxulumene namatyala akunanto yakwenza nokuqhuba okuyingozi kunye nokubambisa abantu abaneendlela ezilinganiselweyo kumjikelo ongenakwenzeka: kufuneka bafike emsebenzini, kodwa abasenayo ilayisenisi esemthethweni, ngenxa yoko abanako ukusebenza, ngenxa yoko abanako ukwenza intlawulo yokubuyisela ilayisenisi yabo.
Ngokwengxelo yamva nje yeFederal Reserve Bank Development Community, ukunqunyanyiswa kwelayisensi kunempembelelo enkulu kubasebenzi baseOhio. Umzekelo, ngo-2022 isabelo seentengiso zemisebenzi ecela ilayisenisi yokuqhuba eOhio (14.0%) sasingaphezulu komndilili wesizwe (10.6%).
Kwi-2022, i-Legal Aid idibene noDkt Brian A. Mikelbank, uProfesa oDityanisiweyo we-Urban Studies kwiYunivesithi yaseCleveland State kunye ne-Legal Aid Visting Scholar, ukuphanda nokuhlalutya idatha enxulumene nokumiswa kwetyala. Ingxelo eyaba nesiphumo, “Indlela Engangeni ndawo: Ukunqunyanyiswa kweLayisensi yokuqhuba iTyala eNxulumene neTyala eOhio” kudlale indima ephambili kubhengezo lwelizwe lonke ukuphelisa ukunqunyanyiswa kwetyala. (Funda ingxelo epheleleyo apha: lasclev.org/roadtonowherereport)
Phakathi kwezinye izinto ezifunyanisiweyo, le ngxelo idize ukuba ukunqunyanyiswa kwamatyala anxulumene namatyala kubiza abahlali beekhowudi ze-zip zentlupheko eziphezulu ze-Ohio umndilili we-7.9 yezigidi zeedola ngonyaka; kunye nokuba ukunqunyanyiswa okunjalo kubiza abahlali beekhowudi ze-zip zaseOhio ezineepesenti eziphezulu zabantu bemibala i-avareji ye-12 yezigidi zeedola ngonyaka.
“Siqale sasebenza kwidatha kuMntla-mpuma weOhio ukubona ukuba idatha ijongeka njani kwaye ixhaphake kangakanani ingxaki. Emva koko senze isicelo seerekhodi zoluntu kulo lonke ilizwe, idatha yeminyaka emihlanu, ”utshilo uBrian. Oku kuquka ukufumana ulwazi lwazo zonke iikhowudi ze-zip ze-Ohio ezili-1,200 ukumisela apho unqunyanyiso lwenzeka phi, iintlobo zokunqunyanyiswa, kunye nendlela ezinxibelelana ngayo neempawu zabemi kugxilwe kubuhlwempu nobuhlanga.
Iikhowudi ze-Zip ezazinowona mlinganiselo uphezulu wabantu abangengabo abelungu babenqunyanyiswe amaxesha angama-130 ngaphezulu kwekhowudi ye-zip eyayinabona bantu bamhlophe.
“Nangona bekukho izigidi zamatyala amisiweyo kurhulumente wonke, awazange asasazwe ngokulinganayo. Asinguye wonke umntu owayevakalelwa ngendlela efanayo,” utshilo uBrian.
Ingxelo yoNcedo lwezoMthetho “iNdlela engasayi ndawo” inika ingxelo yamaqabane afundileyo, abeendaba, kunye nabaqulunqi bomthetho. ILegal Aid yasebenza neOhio Poverty Law Centre, iqela elikhokele indibanisela enkulu neyohlukeneyo yabameli kunye nefuthe labantu baseOhio, ukuxhasa umthetho kule minyaka mibini idlulileyo. Kuyo yonke inkqubo yekomiti yeSenethi kunye neNdlu, phantse amangqina angama-40 ukusuka kwimibutho yoncedo lwezomthetho ukuya kumagqwetha engqesho ukuya kwiinkokeli zoshishino ukuya kumaqela agcinayo kunye nabarhafi angenise ubungqina.
Xa iRhuluneli uDeWine watyikitya umthetho, iOhio yaba lilizwe lama-25 ukuba lihambe kwizohlwayo ezinxulumene namatyala.
Iqale yapapashwa kwileta yeendaba yoNcedo lwezoMthetho "Poetic Justice", uMqulu 22, uKhupho loku-1 ngeNtwasahlobo ngo-2025. Bona ushicilelo olupheleleyo kolu nxulumaniso: "UbuLungisa boMbongo" uMqulu 22, ukukhutshwa kwe-1 - Umbutho woNcedo lwezoMthetho waseCleveland