{"id":752560,"date":"2025-11-05T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/?p=752560"},"modified":"2025-11-04T18:38:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T00:38:17","slug":"broken-promises-and-broken-ceilings-renters-discover-oklahomas-weak-tenant-protections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/11\/05\/broken-promises-and-broken-ceilings-renters-discover-oklahomas-weak-tenant-protections\/","title":{"rendered":"Broken Promises and Broken Ceilings: Renters Discover Oklahoma\u2019s Weak Tenant Protections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-custom-everlit-iframe-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Everlit Audio Player\" src=\"https:\/\/everlit.audio\/embeds\/artl_9QemEu9OARQ?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>When Tynesia Omopariola moved back to Oklahoma after living in Los Angeles for a decade, she thought she was getting such a break in rent from L.A.\u2019s astronomical rates when she found Izzy Apartments in Oklahoma City.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With prices for a one-bedroom Los Angeles apartment typically exceeding $2,700 per month, Izzy\u2019s rates seemed like a song at $890 for a two-bedroom, along with amenities she said she was promised, including a dishwasher, a stove, a refrigerator and washer and dryer. So, in she moved. And it went downhill from there.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u200aI moved in February and I was promised all these amenities,\u201d Omopariola said. \u201cNone of them worked or were even rectified until I would say August. Six months in, I put in many work orders.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the most important amenities would be having an apartment that doesn\u2019t flood, she said. Hers has since she moved in. It flooded so often that she eventually bought a shop vac to clear the water regularly.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe maintenance crews have come over numerous times, but my apartment is still flooding,\u201d she said. \u201c\u200aThey know this. They don\u2019t care. They\u2019re just simply getting money in people\u2019s money, in taking their deposits, taking their rent, and so many people are moving out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The flooding is so bad that her neighbor\u2019s roof caved in, she said. The owners have not fixed the problem, so Omopariola did what any tenant would be able to in California: she refused to pay her rent until they fixed it.\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=\"752232\">\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 told them over and over, \u2018I\u2019m withholding the rent because of this and (because) I haven\u2019t had the amenities,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cThis will happen to my apartment (roof caving in). What\u2019s going on with my apartment?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is how Omopariola ended up in Oklahoma County\u2019s eviction court last week, with a forcible entry and detainer \u2014 an eviction notice \u2014 filed against her by <a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/10\/28\/three-lawyers-file-more-than-half-of-central-oklahomas-18000-annual-eviction-cases\/\">one of the big three attorneys, Darquita Maggard,<\/a> who filed more than 3,000 such actions last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike most other states, tenants in Oklahoma do not have the right to withhold rent unless their apartment is fixed. It\u2019s grounds for automatic eviction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eviction Fast Lane<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tulsa has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upjohn.org\/research-highlights\/each-dollar-spent-drawing-remote-workers-tulsa-delivers-4-benefit-current-residents#:~:text=Home-,Each%20dollar%20spent%20drawing%20remote%20workers%20to%20Tulsa%20delivers%20%244,Remote%2C%20handily%20passes%20this%20test.\">reaped rewards <\/a>from its Tulsa Remote program, which offers a $10,000 bonus to remote workers who move from another state to the city to work there. However, many moving from elsewhere might want to look into how Oklahoma\u2019s landlord-tenant laws differ.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oklahoma Policy Institute\u2019s housing senior policy analyst, Sabine Brown, said that demands for repairs often land new, formerly out-of-state tenants on the curb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTenants don\u2019t have anti-retaliation protections in Oklahoma, and we\u2019re one of only six states that doesn\u2019t have that protection,\u201d Brown said. \u201cSo what that means is if a tenant goes to their landlord and asks for repairs to address a health or safety concern like they have standing sewage or a leak, instead of getting that repaired, they could face increased rent, loss of their lease, increased fees, or worst case scenario, even eviction.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/10\/03\/tulsas-eviction-rate-now-lower-than-oklahoma-citys\/\">Tulsa recently made a few gains in lowering its eviction rate<\/a> when the court system there required that a notice for a tenant\u2019s legal resources be stapled to eviction notices. However, even this approach is in many ways too late, especially for tenants who stop paying rent in an attempt to force their landlords to fix problems. After that eviction notice is filed, it becomes much harder to rent again, and can make that tenant\u2019s next apartment far more difficult to obtain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAn eviction filing is on your record for life,\u201d Brown said. \u201cI think that is an important point that people should know. An eviction filing, even one that is not granted, stays on your record forever. And when you have a housing market that is as tight as what we\u2019re seeing currently, landlords are just not willing to rent to somebody with an eviction on their record.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Oklahoma County, that fact was not lost on Omopariola. She is a manager, with an MBA, and a previously clean rental record in Oklahoma. But not now.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200a\u201dThey\u2019re not gonna honor their contract,\u201d she said. \u201cBut then that looks bad on me because now I\u2019ll have an eviction on my record and it\u2019s way, way harder to get another apartment because of it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/court-window.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-752566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/court-window-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/court-window-scaled.jpg?resize=450%2C600&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/court-window-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/court-window-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/court-window-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/court-window-scaled.jpg?resize=900%2C1200&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/court-window-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C800&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/court-window-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C400&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/court-window-scaled.jpg?resize=150%2C200&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/court-window-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C1600&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/court-window-scaled.jpg?resize=2000%2C2667&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/court-window-scaled.jpg?resize=780%2C1040&amp;ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/court-window-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C533&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/court-window-scaled.jpg?resize=706%2C941&amp;ssl=1 706w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/court-window-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/court-window-225x300.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tenants await disposition in the sixth-floor eviction courtroom in the Oklahoma County Courthouse. (Ben Fenwick, Oklahoma Watch)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Stopping the Trap<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The problem is pervasive enough that Oklahoma City University\u2019s Tenant Advocacy Center has recently issued a flyer to its clients, warning them that they can\u2019t just withhold rent, no matter how bad the situation is.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThink You Don\u2019t Have to Pay Rent Because of Repairs? Think Again,\u201d the flyer warns. \u201cYou can\u2019t stop paying rent just because your landlord hasn\u2019t made repairs. You have the right to a safe and livable home, but you can be evicted if you continue to live there and don\u2019t pay your rent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the flyer, tenants have two options: they can pay for the repairs themselves and take it from the next month\u2019s rent, or they can give the landlord two weeks\u2019 notice to fix the problem. If the landlord doesn\u2019t fix it, they can move out.<br><br>But those remedies are trickier than they sound. For one, <a href=\"https:\/\/share.google\/qrpdXTqNxCmQ2U4Mm\">under Oklahoma law<\/a>, the tenant must keep paying rent for the unit, even if there is a hole in the roof and water is pouring in, and while doing so, pay for the repairs. That tenant must also keep careful records. Then, the law states, the tenant can deduct the cost of those repairs, provided they do not exceed a full month\u2019s rent.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or, giving proper notice, move out. Which is the problem with the law, said Mikayla Friede, who until recently was the support staff team leader at Legal Aid Services Oklahoma. At her desk on the sixth floor of the Oklahoma County Courthouse, about 60% of the clients who walked in were dealing with the problem of rental unit repairs not being made by their landlord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u200aIf they\u2019re leveraging the only leverage they have, they don\u2019t want to leave,\u201d Friede said. \u201cIf they wanted to leave, they would\u2019ve just left, right? The problem is the money doesn\u2019t allow them to move, and the remedy doesn\u2019t give them an option. That\u2019s not an option. You can\u2019t; most people aren\u2019t in a position to move, particularly when they\u2019re not expecting it out of the blue. We\u2019re talking about all our clients being impoverished. They can\u2019t just drop what they\u2019re doing and move.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other option, instigating repair work on their own, is just as fraught. Already coming up with the rent for the month, they now have to initiate hundreds of dollars in repairs. Many don\u2019t have that option. Few know they have to keep track of the expenses, carefully document them, then present them to a likely uncooperative landlord. Friede said that is the threshold at which many tenants decide to withhold rent and end up getting evicted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe frustrations that ultimately led to things to start a spiral started with repair issues going unaddressed,\u201d Friede said. \u201cSome, when they called initially, when they were in the repair issue phase, trying to find out what their legal rights were, they mentioned intending to withhold rent. Many of those I was able to stop. Unfortunately, I would put about half of our FEDs (forcible entry and detainer) for non-payment specifically for unrepaired or uncompleted repair issues.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And those tenants usually are forced out of their apartments, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNot only are there limited remedies, you have to be very explicit to follow the law, or you will still end up evicted for not following the rule,\u201d Friede said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amy Coldren, the director of advocacy and communication for Mental Health Association Oklahoma, which works with clients to help prevent evictions, said the repair\/rent withholding issue is a major problem for tenants struggling to keep their homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200a\u201dOklahoma has really complicated laws,\u201d Coldren said. \u201cA lot of tenants incorrectly believe that they can withhold rent if a repair request has not been made. But there is a very specific process that you have to do with a certain timeline and certified letters and all of this. And so if you go to court and you say, \u2018I stopped paying my rent because I haven\u2019t had hot water,\u2019 or \u2018I haven\u2019t had heat,\u2019 or, or whatever it is \u2026, if you did not go through those steps, then there\u2019s really nothing the judge can do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And those records have to be closely followed. In Omopariola\u2019s case, she knew that she couldn\u2019t withhold rent to get her apartment repaired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI also spoke with them about it,\u201d Omopariola said. \u201cThey discussed rent concessions for that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deal with that manager held. But then the complex changed managers. And then changed again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey changed management like four times even since I\u2019ve been there myself,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd so then a new person will come and say, \u2018Well, I don\u2019t know. Did we really say that? Well, how much?\u2019 And then it\u2019s a different story.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Friede said Omopariola\u2019s case is not unusual.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u200aAnd based on the (rental) agreement, she\u2019s non-compliant,\u201d Mikayla said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Izzy Apartments, owned by Candlewood Realty LLC, refused comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Destructive Animals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Evandra Coleman knew she\u2019d had it with her landlord after the racoon fell through the hole in the ceiling and trashed her daughter\u2019s room trying to get back out.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sitting on a bench on the sixth floor of the Oklahoma County Courthouse, outside the courtroom where most eviction hearings are held, Coleman clutched the file she had compiled, including photos she\u2019d taken of the hole in her ceiling. In the succession of images taken over several months, the pictures show the hole, which started as only a water stain, but then grow larger and larger with the passing weeks. Finally, she showed one that revealed the tiny, hand-like paw of the unwanted nocturnal visitor.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evandra.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-752565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evandra-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evandra-scaled.jpg?resize=450%2C600&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evandra-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evandra-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evandra-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evandra-scaled.jpg?resize=900%2C1200&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evandra-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C800&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evandra-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C400&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evandra-scaled.jpg?resize=150%2C200&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evandra-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C1600&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evandra-scaled.jpg?resize=2000%2C2667&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evandra-scaled.jpg?resize=780%2C1040&amp;ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evandra-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C533&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evandra-scaled.jpg?resize=706%2C941&amp;ssl=1 706w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evandra-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evandra-225x300.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Evandra Coleman sought legal aid in her struggle with her landlord to fix water and animal damage in her apartment. (Ben Fenwick\/Oklahoma Watch)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Subsequent photos showed the wreck of her six-year-old daughter\u2019s room caused by the racoon, who dropped in unexpectedly at 2 a.m. Now, because of her daughter\u2019s nightmares, and the mold, the two have taken to sleeping in the living room.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u200aI went to the office at the beginning of September because again,\u201d she pointed to a notice from her landlord, \u201cthat\u2019s what this balance here is reflecting. And I was telling her, me and my daughter were sick and we were having migraines and not feeling well. And I was like, I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s from the black mold. \u2019cause we were, we like to camp out in our living room \u2019cause and since we\u2019ve been living there, we haven\u2019t done that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sick, she missed work and came up short on the rent. And now, like Omopariola, she found herself in Oklahoma County\u2019s eviction court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>For now, Coleman said, her backup plan is for her and her daughter to move in with her brother and sleep on his couch. At least she won\u2019t be on the street and can look for a new place to live while keeping a roof over her and her daughter\u2019s heads. It would also be good because she could move away from where the mold was making her and her daughter sick.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She looked down at the photos in her file, and the tears flowed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not fair,\u201d she said, quietly sobbing outside the courtroom. \u201cIt\u2019s not fair.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was her eighth time in eviction court, all but one filed by Maggard at Coleman\u2019s previous residence. This time, no attorney was listed. Coleman was able to be represented by Legal Aid Services attorney Lynn Williams.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Court records show her case was continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"192\" height=\"192\" 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Proposed changes include providing legal representation for families and extending eviction timelines. Governor Stitt vetoed previous bipartisan efforts, while advocates warn evictions cause lasting trauma and educational disruption for children.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-12-17T06:00:00-06:00\">December 17, 2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-12-17T18:03:58-06:00\">December 17, 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=\"753636\" class=\"tag-amy-coldren tag-brad-senters tag-eboney-mitchell tag-evictions tag-mental-health-association-oklahoma tag-oklahoma-policy-institute tag-poverty-2 tag-sabine-brown tag-shutdown tag-snap tag-trent-pipes tag-trey-parker category-evictions category-housing category-vulnerable-populations 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\/12\/10\/federal-benefit-cuts-push-oklahoma-families-into-eviction-crisis\/\" 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\/IMG_4596-scaled.jpeg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Federal Benefit Cuts Push Oklahoma Families Into Eviction Crisis\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_4596-scaled.jpeg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_4596-scaled.jpeg?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_4596-scaled.jpeg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_4596-scaled.jpeg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_4596-scaled.jpeg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_4596-scaled.jpeg?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\/12\/10\/federal-benefit-cuts-push-oklahoma-families-into-eviction-crisis\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Federal Benefit Cuts Push Oklahoma Families Into Eviction Crisis<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Cuts to federal child care subsidies and SNAP benefits during a government shutdown are driving Oklahoma families into eviction court. 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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