{"id":752232,"date":"2025-10-28T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/?p=752232"},"modified":"2025-11-03T10:51:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T16:51:12","slug":"three-lawyers-file-more-than-half-of-central-oklahomas-18000-annual-eviction-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/10\/28\/three-lawyers-file-more-than-half-of-central-oklahomas-18000-annual-eviction-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Lawyers File More Than Half of Central Oklahoma&#8217;s 18,000 Annual Eviction Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-custom-everlit-iframe-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Everlit Audio Player\" src=\"https:\/\/everlit.audio\/embeds\/artl_WKBBEidJL2K?client=wp&amp;client_version=2.6.0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"80px\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n<p>On May 18, 53-year-old Carl Kachel stepped into line for a routine blood sugar check in the Cleveland County Detention Center. They turned out to be his last steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jailed on a 16-year-old Jackson County warrant with a $1,000 bond, Kachel\u2019s end came after a string of evictions that also began in 2009. The last one on record was filed on Dec. 2, 2020, by Brigid Kennedy, one of thousands she filed in central Oklahoma that year.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kennedy\u2019s filing forced Kachel and his wife, Kimberly, out of their Moore apartment for owing more than $4,000 in back rent. Kennedy, an attorney who specializes in landlord-tenant actions, filed a Forcible Entry and Detainer \u2014 an eviction \u2014 a few weeks before Christmas. By Jan. 15, the locks were changed; Kachel and his wife were out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Four years later, with the two living in their van, the police pulled over Kachel and arrested him. His van had an improper tag, he had no insurance, and there were other infractions<strong>.<\/strong> His wife, Kimberly, told the Norman Transcript that he was a stroke survivor, diabetic, and had slurred speech from his condition. He died in Cleveland County\u2019s jail while standing in line for a routine finger stick to check his blood sugar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kachel\u2019s 2020 eviction was one of about 350 such claims Kennedy filed that year in Cleveland County. Her Oklahoma City law firm files FEDs in Oklahoma, Cleveland, and Canadian counties on behalf of landlords. Kachel\u2019s was one of thousands filed by Kennedy, who is one of the three most active eviction attorneys in central Oklahoma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Records for 2024 show Kennedy filed more than 3,000 FEDs in Oklahoma County. She comes in second place after Darquita Maggard, of Ratheal, Maggard &amp; Fortune; and ahead of Robert, Edward, and Thomas Goldman, of Goldman Law. In 2024, the three firms filed approximately 9,900 of the more than 18,000 such actions, according to records on the Oklahoma State Court Network.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles is-style-borders wpnbha show-image image-alignright ts-4 is-1 is-landscape is-style-borders\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"748601\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-section-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>the latest<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"754196\" class=\"tag-attorney-general tag-cdc tag-covid-19 tag-george-monks tag-measles tag-oklahoma-news tag-oklahoma-state-department-of-health tag-oklahoma-state-medical-association tag-whooping-cough category-health category-publichealth type-post post-has-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2026\/01\/05\/oklahoma-health-department-refuses-to-share-county-level-measles-data\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monks_15-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Oklahoma Health Department Refuses to Share County-Level Measles Data\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monks_15-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monks_15-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monks_15-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monks_15-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monks_15-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monks_15-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 2400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monks_15-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2026\/01\/05\/oklahoma-health-department-refuses-to-share-county-level-measles-data\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Oklahoma Health Department Refuses to Share County-Level Measles Data<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/author\/paulmonies\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" alt=\"Avatar photo\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cropped-Paul-Monies.jpg?resize=48%2C48&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cropped-Paul-Monies-96x96.jpg 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo\" height=\"48\" width=\"48\"><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/author\/paulmonies\/\">Paul Monies<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2026-01-05T06:01:00-06:00\">January 5, 2026<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2026-01-05T11:05:42-06:00\">January 5, 2026<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u200aI don\u2019t understand why people won\u2019t pay their rent<strong>,<\/strong>\u201d Kennedy said last week while walking out of the Oklahoma County courtroom where she conducts most of her clients\u2019 hearings. \u201cI think this gets slanted towards, \u2018It\u2019s all the landlord\u2019s fault that the landlords are somehow evil because they\u2019re evicting people who don\u2019t pay their rent.\u2019 They\u2019re no different than any other bill collector. They\u2019re your gas bill, your water bill, your light bill. I mean, your utilities get turned off if you don\u2019t pay your bill. But everybody gets upset if you get kicked outta your apartment \u2019cause you don\u2019t pay your rent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kennedy made the remarks briskly as she left a hearing in which she filed 51 forcible entry and detainer notices, and in which most were dismissed. Observers described it as a slow day. Cases are usually dismissed because the tenant came up with the money and reached an agreement with the landlord, but that also usually includes Kennedy\u2019s fee, which can be hundreds of dollars for each case. Attorney\u2019s fees are almost always paid by the tenant.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also in attendance were Maggard and Robert Goldman. Maggard left without comment, but Goldman spoke with Oklahoma Watch about his part in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u200aI had three continuance cases today,\u201d Goldman said. \u201cThis is kind of a light day for me anyway, but of those three, not one of \u2019em have complied with the agreed minute that we entered into to give them an opportunity to either pay it out in a lump sum or over a course of time,\u201d he said. \u201c\u200aAnd look, I, my heart goes out to some of these people. They have families, they have children. It\u2019s hard on them. It\u2019s hard. I don\u2019t see how they can keep on moving from one place to another, although I have some who have really taken advantage of the system.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Goldman is the president of the Red Andrews Christmas Dinner, which provides warm meals, coats and toys to about 7,000 people each December. He is also a board member of Metropolitan Fair Housing Council, board member of the Oklahoma Multi-Family Housing Association, and serves as legal counsel for the Apartment Association of Central Oklahoma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Business of Evictions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oklahoma\u2019s Landlord Tenant Act has been under scrutiny for some time, recently culminating in a<a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/07\/01\/get-out-oklahomas-eviction-timeline-is-one-of-the-fastest-in-the-nation\/\"> bipartisan law that passed through Oklahoma\u2019s legislature, but was vetoed by Governor Kevin Stitt<\/a>, who said, \u201cThis bill seeks to expand minimum wait times in eviction proceedings, making the already burdensome and difficult process of obtaining an eviction that much more burdensome.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025_1023_1DX28407.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-752246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025_1023_1DX28407-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025_1023_1DX28407-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025_1023_1DX28407-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025_1023_1DX28407-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025_1023_1DX28407-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025_1023_1DX28407-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025_1023_1DX28407-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025_1023_1DX28407-scaled.jpg?resize=2000%2C1333&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025_1023_1DX28407-scaled.jpg?resize=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025_1023_1DX28407-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C267&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025_1023_1DX28407-scaled.jpg?resize=706%2C471&amp;ssl=1 706w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025_1023_1DX28407-600x400.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Attorneys Brigid Kennedy (standing) and Darquita Maggard (seated) and RObert Goldman (rear) are three of central Oklahoma\u2019s most active eviction attorneys. More than 200 evictions were on Judge Brooke Holman\u2019s docket in Oklahoma County on Oct. 23, 2025 (Brent Fuchs\/Oklahoma Watch)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>That law would have extended the lead time for tenants to prepare for their evictions before being locked out of their homes. Currently, Oklahoma allows the eviction process to begin within three days of the rent not being paid, allowing lockout to possibly happen within a week. Other states with longer eviction timelines have lower rates of eviction, which indicates the longer timeline allows for tenants to produce the needed funds to remain housed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, attorney fees are also part of the picture. Oklahoma law states that attorneys\u2019 fees must be reasonable and can not exceed 10% of the judgment. Attorneys\u2019 fees are usually passed on to the tenants. If the court rules that the tenants owe back rent for two months on a $1,000 two-bedroom apartment, the attorneys\u2019 fees for those two months\u2019 rent would be limited to $200. Such a judgment could also include late fees and filing fees, further driving up the cost of the situation for the tenant, who might have had trouble coming up with the rent in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Observers from Legal Aid Services Oklahoma try to reach tenants before they sign anything. Almost anything the attorneys hand them ends up being an agreement to be evicted, they said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Oct. 21, in Judge M. Brooke Holman\u2019s Oklahoma County courtroom, Kennedy\u2019s FED filings accounted for 51 of the 124 cases listed, according to court records obtained by Oklahoma Watch. Most, if not all, were dismissed. According to <a href=\"http:\/\/apartments.com\/\">Apartments.com<\/a>, the average one-bedroom rental in Oklahoma County is approximately $924. This would mean that a conservative estimate of Kennedy\u2019s take on this particular day would be close to $5,000 from the filings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Thursday, the docket swelled to more than 200.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Eviction Crowd<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In her courtroom, Holman constantly issued orders from the bench to control the crowd. She directed the people filing in to sit in the courtroom\u2019s wooden pews.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have over 200 of you set today, so we\u2019re going to take some different measures,\u201d she said. \u201cOne of them is that only one of you per household needs to be present in the courtroom.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spouses, siblings and others filtered out, only to be replaced by more people who were standing in the hallway. Some gathered by the door, provoking another order from the judge.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe cannot stand in the door,\u201d she said, motioning those standing into crowded pews. \u201cWe cannot block the door. That is an ingress-egress. The fire marshal will shut us down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She continued to repeat the directions throughout the hearings: don\u2019t block the door, sit down, be silent and put away all cell phones or they will be confiscated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u200aWe have two different types of services available to all parties today,\u201d Holman said. \u201cThe first is early settlement mediation services. Mediation services are kind of like magic. They can help two parties that disagree to reach an agreement together.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Holman said those mediation personnel, available to all parties, were trained, experienced workers who would help both parties reach an agreement. Holman said that assigning a tenant to mediation was an order, a court instruction to be followed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4458-1-600x450.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-752247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4458-1-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4458-1-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4458-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4458-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4458-1-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4458-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4458-1-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4458-1-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4458-1-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4458-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4458-1-scaled.jpg?resize=2000%2C1500&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4458-1-scaled.jpg?resize=780%2C585&amp;ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4458-1-scaled.jpg?resize=706%2C529&amp;ssl=1 706w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4458-1-600x450.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Attorney Robert Goldman, one of central Oklahoma\u2019s most active eviction lawyers, is shown leaving the Judge Brooke Holman\u2019s courtroom in Oklahoma County on Oct. 21, 2025. (Ben Fenwick\/Oklahoma Watch)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am not ordering you to agree,\u201d Holman said. \u201cI am ordering you to use your best efforts to solve your own problem. There are plenty of human defenses to the reasons why you cannot pay your rent. Legal defenses seem to be fewer and farther between.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maggard, Kennedy, and Goldman sat in the well, the area of the courtroom surrounded by a wooden railing, separating the pews from the business end of the court. There were other attorneys present, but most represented only one or two clients. The big three had files stacked in front of them. On this day, Holman also sat tenants in the well in wooden chairs ringing the courtroom.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Court Assistance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the judge called out tenants\u2019 names, they acknowledged their presence. She then told them to exit and wait in the hall to make room for others to enter and register their appearance. In about an hour, the entire docket had been called. No-shows, whether plaintiff or tenant, were noted and judgment defaulted to the other side. Most no-shows were tenants. Once they were all called, the attorneys called each tenant back in, one by one, to either cut a deal or notify them to start packing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One tenant, Josh Childers, was called into the well by Kennedy.\u00a0 He debated his case with her. But she was not there to help him. She was there to help the landlord. Working against Childers was an agreement to pay rent that he signed the month before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI want mediation,\u201d Childers said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are not going to mediation,\u201d Kennedy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Childers continued to ask for mediation. Kennedy continued to refuse. She said his case would go to trial if he didn\u2019t pay.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At that point, Holman\u2019s court clerk, Ashleigh Ball, spoke loudly from her seat next to Holman\u2019s on the bench, giving Kennedy\u2019s side of the argument a boost.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSir,\u201d she said in a clear, loud voice. \u201c\u200aNot all announcements are applicable to everybody. Please listen to her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat does that mean?\u201d Childers asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After all, wasn\u2019t mediation, in the judge\u2019s words, available to all parties?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cListen to everything she\u2019s saying,\u201d Ball answered. \u201cThe information she\u2019s giving you is correct.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next to her, Holman did not look up.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kennedy pushed a piece of paper to Childers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSign this,\u201d she said. \u201cWe are not going to give you more time. Those are your options. You can go to trial or you can sign it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Childers signed it. Outside, he shared a homemade motion to stay he had drawn up, which availed him of nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe was very aggressive and rude,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Roadblocks to Change<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remedies seem few for now. The governor\u2019s veto of the new law that would have increased the time to file for evictions might have staunched the rate, but other concerns are daunting as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt feels like the system is entirely stacked against renters who are just trying to keep their heads above water,\u201d said Jessica Earley, director of Stay Housed, a program of Neighborhood Services Organization. \u201cThere are just so many evictions filed in Oklahoma County, and the process moves incredibly fast.\u00a0 What\u2019s been tough for me to wrap my head around is how many roadblocks face those of us doing everything we can to help those in need.\u00a0 It seems there is little room for compassion for those on the verge of losing their homes.\u00a0 It\u2019s simply business as usual.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201c\u200aI don\u2019t understand why people won\u2019t pay their rent.\u201d<\/p><cite>Brigid Kennedy<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In Tulsa County, <a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/10\/03\/tulsas-eviction-rate-now-lower-than-oklahoma-citys\/\">recent changes are helping lower the eviction rate by informing tenants before they get to court of help available to them. <\/a>The changes, initiated by the court itself, required every eviction notice to have a resource sheet containing contact information for legal aid, a QR code for a free bus pass to get to the court and information about available rental assistance. Court observers said it is one reason Tulsa\u2019s eviction rate, which was once higher than Oklahoma City\u2019s, is now 2% lower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other possible solutions, such as increasing filing fees to make evictions more costly, would likely backfire by being passed on to consumers, Goldman said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a socio-economic issue here, as far as I\u2019m concerned, as long as the powers that be want to keep minimum wage down as low as they want to,\u201d Goldman said. \u201cSome of these people have to take two or three jobs, pay their rent, you know. It\u2019s really harsh on them and I understand that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the problem is systemic, most tenant advocates said. 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A survey found 73% of those facing eviction believe lost SNAP benefits directly caused their housing crisis, with single mothers, disabled, and elderly residents hardest hit.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-12-10T07:19:09-06:00\">December 10, 2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-12-10T10:16:00-06:00\">December 10, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"752560\" class=\"tag-candlewood-realty-llc tag-evandra-coleman tag-evictions tag-izzy-apartments tag-landlord-tenant-act tag-mikayla-friede tag-sabine-brown tag-tynesia-omopariola category-evictions category-housing type-post post-has-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/11\/05\/broken-promises-and-broken-ceilings-renters-discover-oklahomas-weak-tenant-protections\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/omopariola-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Broken Promises and Broken Ceilings: Renters Discover Oklahoma\u2019s Weak Tenant Protections\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/omopariola-1-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/omopariola-1-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/omopariola-1-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/omopariola-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/omopariola-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1151&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/omopariola-1-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1535&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/omopariola-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/omopariola-1-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/omopariola-1-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/omopariola-1-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/omopariola-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C767&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/omopariola-1-scaled.jpg?resize=2000%2C1499&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/omopariola-1-scaled.jpg?resize=780%2C585&amp;ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/omopariola-1-scaled.jpg?resize=706%2C529&amp;ssl=1 706w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/omopariola-1-scaled.jpg?w=2340&amp;ssl=1 2340w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/omopariola-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 782px) 400px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/11\/05\/broken-promises-and-broken-ceilings-renters-discover-oklahomas-weak-tenant-protections\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Broken Promises and Broken Ceilings: Renters Discover Oklahoma\u2019s Weak Tenant Protections<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Oklahoma tenants who withhold rent over unsafe or unlivable conditions risk immediate eviction under state law. 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