Policy Advocacy
OPLC and the Ohio legal services community use policy advocacy, when appropriate, to address systemic legal issues. The community identifies and pursues issues of regional and statewide importance affecting large groups of low-income Ohioans.
Current Issues:
- Pay Day Lending Reform
- Tenants' Protections In Foreclosures
- Foreclosure Moratorium
- State Hearing Rights
- Stopping the school-to-prison pipeline
- Domestic Violence & Housing/Employment Discrimination - Click here for talking points authored by OPLC and the Ohio Domestic Violence Network on House Bill 167, a bill currently pending in the Ohio Senate that would prohibit discrimination against domestic violence victims in housing and employment.
- Child Support Guidelines
- Utility Credit & Disconnection Rules
- Natural Gas and Electric PIPP Rules
- Public Benefits Application Processing DelaysÂ