Senze i-Housing Justice Alliance ukuqinisekisa ubulungisa kubantu abafumana umvuzo ophantsi abajongene nokungazinzi kwezindlu. Ngokukodwa, uNcedo lwezoMthetho - olunceda iAshtabula, iCuyahoga, iGeauga, iLake kunye neLorain counties - igxile kuMntla-mpuma weOhio ukubonelela ngokumelwa ngokusemthethweni kwabaqeshi abajongene nokukhutshwa.
"Unelungelo lommeli" - wonke umntu uqhelene namalungelo e-Miranda, ngenxa yemiboniso yolwaphulo-mthetho kamabonwakude. Umgaqo-siseko wethu uqinisekisa ukufikelela kumcebisi wezomthetho ongahlawulisi ndleko xa umntu etyholwa ngolwaphulo-mthetho olunzima kwaye engenako ukuhlawulela igqwetha. Nangona kunjalo abaninzi abaqondi ukuba akukho lungelo lomgaqo-siseko lokufumana ingcebiso yezomthetho kumatyala ezindlu - nokuba iimeko zikhokelela ekubeni abantu bangabi namakhaya.
I-Housing Justice Alliance ikhule ukusuka kwisibonelelo sokuqala esivela kwiSisters of Charity Foundation yeCleveland's Innovation Mission. Kwaye, enkosi kwiHousing Justice Alliance - ukusukela nge-1 kaJulayi, 2020 - ngoku kukho ilungelo lokucebisa kumatyala athile okukhutshwa eCleveland. Funda ngakumbi malunga nobu budlelwane bukhethekileyo phakathi koNcedo lwezoMthetho kunye neNdlela eManyeneyo ku FreeEvictionHelp.org
Kodwa, iLegal Aid's Housing Justice Alliance igxile kwimpembelelo engaphaya nje kwelungelo elitsha, elilinganiselweyo eCleveland. Ngokumelwa kwezomthetho kwasimahla, okukumgangatho ophezulu, iintsapho zaseMntla-mpuma weOhio ezihlala kwintlupheko kwaye zijongene nokugxothwa zingakhusela izindlu ezikhuselekileyo, ezifikelelekayo nezizinzileyo.
Amawakawaka agxothwa ngaphandle kokumelwa ngokwasemthethweni
Ulwakhiwo lwezindlu luyimfuneko esisiseko yoluntu kunye nesiqalo samathuba oqoqosho. Ikhaya elikhuselekileyo, elizinzileyo lisebenza njengesiseko seentsapho ezisempilweni kwaye lisikhonkco soluntu oluphumelelayo. Ukanti, iintsapho ezininzi gqitha ezihlwempuzekileyo ziyagxothwa. Umzekelo, kwiNqila yaseCuyahoga - kukho ukukhutshwa okuqikelelwa kwi-20,000 ngonyaka. Ukugxothwa kunokubangela intlungu entsatsheni. Uphando lubonisa ukuba iimeko zezindlu ezingazinzanga ezifana nokungabi namakhaya, ukuhamba ngeendlela ezininzi, kunye noxinzelelo lwerenti ezinxulumene neziphumo ezibi zempilo kubanonopheli kunye nabantwana abancinci. Ezi ziphumo zempilo ezimbi ziquka ukudakumba komama, ukwanda kokulaliswa komntwana esibhedlele ubomi bonke, impilo enkenenkene yomntwana, kunye nempilo enkenenkene yomkhathaleli.
Ngaphaya koko, uphononongo lwakutsha nje lubonise ukuba abasebenzi bane-11-22% ngakumbi amathuba okuba baphulukane nomsebenzi wabo ukuba bebesandula ukugxothwa okanye banyanzeliswe ngenye indlela kumakhaya abo. Kwabaninzi, ukugxothwa kwabantu kwiindawo abahlala kuzo kubangela ubuhlwempu obunzulu, nto leyo ebangela iingxaki ezihlala zihleli kwilungu ngalinye lentsapho egxothiweyo.
Uncedo lwezoMthetho lunqanda iMiba ekunyukeni ukuya kutsho kwiiNgxaki zoLuntu ezinexabiso eliphezulu
Yasekwa ngo-1905, uNcedo lwezoMthetho kuphela kwendlela engenzi nzuzo ejongene ngqo neemfuno zomthetho zabantu abahluphekayo baseMntla-mpuma weOhio, abahlelelekileyo, nabavinjwe amalungelo. Amalungu eqela lethu elizinikeleyo abonelela ngeenkonzo zomthetho ezikumgangatho ophezulu apho abantu bazifuna khona kakhulu. Ngaphezulu kwenkulungwane yobuchwephesha kumthetho wentlupheko kunye nokwazisa ngezindlu, uNcedo lwezoMthetho lulungele ukumisa uthotho lweziphumo eziqukuqela ngokungenakuthintelwa ekugxothweni.
Uphononongo lubonisa ukuba abaqeshi abafumana ukumelwa ngokusemthethweni ngokusemthethweni kumatyala okugxothwa kunokwenzeka ukuba bahlale emakhayeni abo kwaye bonge imali yerenti okanye imirhumo. Xa abaqeshi benabameli abasemthethweni kwityala lokugxothwa, banokuthatha inxaxheba ngokubonakalayo kwiinkqubo zokukhupha kwaye bazuze iziphumo ezingcono.
Iziphumo eziQiniweyo, iMpembelelo eGqibeleleyo
Siyazi ukuba indlela yethu yokusebenza isebenza kumabali abaxumi bethu: “uSarah” wafudukela kwigumbi elikufutshane nomsebenzi wakhe kunye nesikolo sabantwana, kodwa kungekudala waqaphela iingxaki ezininzi. Imibhobho yokusinki yasekhitshini yavuza, ucango lwangaphambili aluzange lutshixe, yaye amarhawu neempuku zazingene phambi kwawo. USarah waqhagamshelana nomninimzi wakhe, owathembisa ukulungisa izinto, kodwa akazange akwenze oko. Xa iminxeba nezikhalazo zakhe zingaphendulwa, lo mama uselula wafowunela ibhunga likarhulumente lezindlu. Ukuziphindezela, umnini-mhlaba waqesha igqwetha waza wathumela isaziso sokumgxotha. Kodwa uSara wayenegqwetha ecaleni kwakhe, naye. Uncedo Lwezomthetho lwamnceda ukuba agcine uncedo lwakhe lwendlu, wafumana i-$1,615 yokuhlawula irente kunye nediphozithi yokhuseleko, waza wafudusela intsapho yakhe kwenye indlu ekufutshane.
Ukungabikho kokusesikweni kwendawo kunye nesisombululo esinokukhawuleza
Ehlotyeni lika-2017, isiXeko saseNew York saba sisixeko sokuqala sase-US ukudlula umthetho wembali “welungelo lokucebisa”, uqinisekisa abaqeshi abangaphantsi kwe-200% yezikhokelo zentlupheko ezijongene nokukhutshwa kwelungelo lokumelwa ngokusemthethweni. Ngenxa yoko, isiXeko saseNew York kulindeleke ukuba sifumane ukonga imali ezizigidi ezingama-320 zeedola ngonyaka. Kwaye, kunyaka wokuqala ukususela ekuphunyezweni kwayo, ama-84% amakhaya amelwe ngamagqwetha enkundleni akwazile ukuphepha ukufuduswa.
Ilungelo lokucebisa kumatyala okugxothwa linokunceda abantu abaninzi boyise imiqobo yengqesho kunye namathuba ezoqoqosho. Isenokungaqinisekisi ukuba konke ukukhutshwa kuya kuphetshwa, kuba ukukhutshwa okuninzi kusemthethweni. Nangona kunjalo, inokuqinisekisa ukuba inani elibalulekileyo labantu abafumana umvuzo ophantsi abangafanele bagxothwe, kwaye abo bafuna ukufuduka banokukwenza oko ngokuhlala okuthambileyo.