{"id":753883,"date":"2025-12-17T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/?p=753883"},"modified":"2025-12-17T18:03:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T00:03:58","slug":"oklahoma-lawmakers-push-eviction-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/12\/17\/oklahoma-lawmakers-push-eviction-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma Lawmakers Push Eviction Reform"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-custom-everlit-iframe-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Everlit Audio Player\" src=\"https:\/\/everlit.audio\/embeds\/artl_wQ0gGSGJXlP?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>A recent Impact Tulsa report struck home and spurred Rep. Ellen Pogemiller to craft a law to help stop it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s too late for some.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study, using data from 2024, shows that high rates of chronic absenteeism in Tulsa Public Schools come from families who have been evicted from their homes. And that\u2019s not the worst of it, she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u200aOne of the startling figures is the most likely to be evicted in the Tulsa public school system, the highest percentage, are their pre-K and kindergartners,\u201d Pogemiller said. \u201cYou know, that was, that was really disheartening to hear.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pogemiller, a Democrat representing Oklahoma City\u2019s District 88, is not the only legislator interested in addressing Oklahoma\u2019s high eviction rate. The issue also drew the attention of Rep. Daniel Pae, a Republican from Lawton, who represents District 62.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both recently attended eviction court in Oklahoma County to witness firsthand the moment when tenants are called into court, most of whom are unrepresented by an attorney, and many of whom only find they will be locked out of their homes by the county sheriff\u2019s department in as little as 72 hours.\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=\"753883\">\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, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\">\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>On that day, the court had fewer cases than in many court sessions, about 160. But Pogemiller said it was still challenging to watch the flow, in which tenants were quickly made to face attorneys representing landlords, alone and with no attorney of their own.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople are just churning through there without an opportunity to really understand if there\u2019s a pathway forward for them to not be evicted,\u201d Pogemiller said. \u201cSo my goal with legislation that I\u2019m working on \u2014 it\u2019s a work in progress \u2014 but it\u2019s looking at if there an opportunity for us to fund an attorney in both metro areas and in rural areas who would focus on families in our school systems who have gotten an eviction notice and being a legal representative to them. It doesn\u2019t mean that they won\u2019t be evicted, but it allows them an opportunity to understand the process, to see if there\u2019s a pathway forward for them to stay in their home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pae said he met with Judge Trent Pipes, who that day was presiding over the eviction court. Pae said the judge had some ideas to help lessen the churn of people losing their homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe has an idea to exclude holidays and weekends from the eviction timeline so that it doesn\u2019t become as congested,\u201d Pae said. \u201cOh, that we saw in the chamber. I think that can hopefully help and that can be a sensible idea that other colleagues can support.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/05\/16\/stitt-vetoes-bill-that-would-have-slowed-eviction-process\/\">Pae faced defeat last year <\/a>when a bipartisan bill he helped author, Senate Bill 128, with Sen. Julia Kirt, a Democrat from Oklahoma City, would have extended eviction trial scheduling by five days and the summons notice period to seven days. Governor Kevin Stitt vetoed the bill, despite its passing in both the House and the Senate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis bill would also do the opposite as intended,\u201d Stitt wrote in his veto message. \u201cInstead of assisting renters in arrears, it would incentivize landlords to specifically not rent housing units to low-income households, for risk of greater eviction costs. We cannot overcome economic realities with good intentions. For these reasons, I have vetoed Enrolled Senate Bill 128.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Governor\u2019s assertion runs counter to what most advocates suggest, that Oklahoma, sixth in the nation in evictions, makes it easy to evict tenants so quickly that they have little chance to come up with their rent to prevent being put on the street.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Impact Tulsa study listed the following factors that lead to high evictions: Low eviction filing fees, short windows on evictions, predatory landlords using filing penalties to bring up rates and inadequate notification were listed by Impact Tulsa as factors contributing to high eviction rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pae said a bill he is working on would address retaliation by landlords against tenants who complain about needed repairs.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u200aI still have a bill that\u2019s carried over from last year on the Landlord-Tenant Act,\u201d Pae said. \u201cWe\u2019re one of only six states that have no anti-retaliation provision on our books. There are some landlords, mainly out-of-state corporate landlords, that have either retaliated or have not taken care of these issues. I can tell you that in Lawton, there have been a couple complexes since I first introduced the bill a couple years ago, where this has become an issue. Again, we are only one of six states that has nothing like this on the books.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trial and Defeat<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/10\/28\/three-lawyers-file-more-than-half-of-central-oklahomas-18000-annual-eviction-cases\/\">A recent Oklahoma Watch report<\/a> also found that some attorneys profit substantially by filing thousands of evictions each year, receiving state-mandated fees that are passed on to the unlucky tenants who face them.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u200aThat\u2019s insane,\u201d Pogemiller said. \u201cThat is something wrong with the system. \u200aNo one is saying people shouldn\u2019t be evicted. What we\u2019re saying is the timeline and the process has allowed people to utilize our court systems and utilize loopholes on the backs of community members.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/04\/01\/oklahoma-lawmakers-hear-few-eviction-bills-advance-one\/\">Pogemiller also faced defeat last year<\/a> when a bill she introduced with Norman Rep. Jared Deck, House Bill 1129, would have raised the eviction filing fees from $50 to $100. Pogemiller and those who supported the bill said raising the eviction fees would make filing them a little more expensive and would incentivize landlords to work out problems with their tenants instead of using eviction as a fee-collection tool.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said the effort for the upcoming year won\u2019t be a repeat of legislation she brought to the House floor during the 2025 session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200a\u201dWe want to support and keep meaningfully employed people in their homes,\u201d she said. \u201cIt is a very difficult conversation. I did not master it when I got up on the floor and was not adequately prepared to talk about this in a framework that still put pressure on ownership.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, she still wants to tackle the core issues driving Oklahoma\u2019s high eviction rate because evictions damage families, students, and the schools they attend.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEviction is tied to the many challenges that tenants face in this state, and that it costs more in the end,\u201d Pogemiller said. \u201cWhen we move families and we move community members it costs our schools, it can cause stress on families, that\u2019s a healthcare problem. And so I think we\u2019re trying to just level the playing field because it\u2019s been unlevel for so long.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As to whether these efforts are made law, for some, it\u2019s water under the bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Christmas Without a Home<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eboney Mitchell, whose case <a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/12\/10\/federal-benefit-cuts-push-oklahoma-families-into-eviction-crisis\/\">was documented in a previous Oklahoma Watch story<\/a>, said her landlord, AG Homes, demanded her previous month\u2019s rent as well as the rent for December. She paid them the $2,600 for what she hoped would be the opportunity to keep her home, but then was told she had to move out.<br><br>\u201cI could have used that money for another place,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, with diminishing cash, she has to find another place. She has begun putting her things in boxes to take to storage and plans to find an AirBnB for a couple of weeks. But she has no idea where she will go next.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AG Homes did not return calls from Oklahoma Watch.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amy Coldren, the director of advocacy and communication for Mental Health Association Oklahoma, said the situation for Mitchell is multiplied not just by the 18,000 evictions filed in Oklahoma County last year, but over time. Children from families facing homelessness have a pattern that imprints on them and follows them throughout their lives.<br><br>\u201cAn important thing to also consider is the trauma that that\u2019s inflicting on her children,\u201d Coldren\u00a0 said of Mitchell\u2019s case. \u201cIt has been shown that the loss of housing has an impact similar to, you know, an ACEs score.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adverse Childhood Experiences are traumatic events such as abuse, neglect, parental substance use, mental illness and domestic violence that happen to children before age 18, which disrupt their development. High ACE scores are linked to increased risks for chronic health issues, such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, mental health problems such as depression, substance abuse, risky behavior, and poor education outcomes later in life, although healing is possible with support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC9607722\/\">A 2022 study published by the National <\/a>Institutes of Health suggests that housing stability is paramount for young children.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPolicies and practices that support stable housing not only serve a family\u2019s immediate needs but also have positive long-term health impacts for caregivers and children,\u201d the study states. \u201cPrimary prevention of evictions and housing disruption is, of course, the ideal; no young child should have to move repeatedly in their young lives. They need stability, predictability, and routines to support healthy development. For those already disrupted from their homes, secondary and tertiary prevention is needed to prevent further risk and intervene to mediate the impacts that have already occurred.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coldren said if the children are facing homelessness, they are likely to have a traumatic impact that\u2019s going to last with them through their lifespan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said that even buying a family time, as proposed by Pae, would help. So would Pogemiller\u2019s proposed law providing legal counsel to students\u2019 families facing eviction.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200a\u201dI don\u2019t know if they have a chance, but I do think that it needs to be a top-of-mind issue for lawmakers,\u201d Coldren said. \u201cOklahoma is ranked the very bottom in education. We are ranked at the very top in rates of ACEs in children childhood trauma, one of the worst states in terms of childhood wellbeing. We have very, very high incarceration rates, and all of those things are directly impacted by eviction. So if lawmakers truly want to improve things like education, the workforce, stronger communities and stronger neighborhoods, crime reduction, lower rates of foster care, addressing eviction and addressing housing is going to address all of those issues as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bridge to the Future<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bianca Gordon, the associate executive director for Bridges, a Norman-based charitable organization for homeless high school students, said eviction is frequently a hallmark of their students\u2019 lives. The organization serves numerous students in the Norman and Moore school districts and provides approximately 20 beds for students who would otherwise be living on the streets. These are high school students who are actively enrolled and, despite adversity, attending classes.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen where a family is moved into a shelter, but it may not be a good environment for children,\u201d she said. \u201cThey move into other households and may have to couch surf or there\u2019s other families already in there. We\u2019ve also seen with evictions the students have to maybe move further away to a temporary location, maybe an aunt\u2019s house in a whole other town. And now that aunt has to try to figure out how to get that student either back into school where they live or make the trip to the school that student had been going to. There are far-reaching implications for younger people when eviction is experienced.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The signs for such students facing hardship are well known but must be watched for. Perhaps the student doesn\u2019t have a coat. Their grades start dropping. Homelessness for students \u201cdoesn\u2019t necessarily look like pushing a shopping cart down the street. It doesn\u2019t look like holding up a sign on the side of the highway.\u201d<br><br>However, Gordon said, evictions, and with them, student homelessness, are expected to rise with federal cuts working through the system, and charitable organizations such as hers are bracing for it.<br><br>\u201cOutside of some of the normal reasons that students become homeless, we have also seen federal decisions,\u201d Gordon said. \u201cFor example, someone called on behalf of an employee whose father had been deported. Suddenly, that student was working in food service and they didn\u2019t have a parent to go home to. Then, of course, with the SNAP benefits having paused, all of our students, they qualified for SNAP. So they didn\u2019t have a parent or guardian holding their card for them. It\u2019s their own SNAP benefits. So imagine working in food service, the very minimal hourly wage, a few hours a week because you\u2019re a student first, and now the supplemental assistance you received for food is hanging in the balance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mitchell is also bracing for the future, and bracing her children for it as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200a\u201dWhen they get out of school today, I\u2019m going to have to break it to them,\u201d she said. \u201cBecause my daughter, she\u2019s very observant of what\u2019s going on. She said yesterday, \u2018Mama, do we have to move?\u2019 I said, \u2018Don\u2019t worry your pretty little self with that. Let mama worry about that.\u2019\u201d<br>She said she has already told them not to expect presents this Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u200aI just told them, \u2018Mama can\u2019t give you no Christmas at Christmastime,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201c\u2018Don\u2019t worry about it. We\u2019ll have Christmas in January.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Ed. Note:<\/strong> This story was updated on Dec. 17, 2025, to correct the number of beds available at Bridges.<\/em><\/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\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ben-Fenwick.jpg?resize=192%2C192&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-752236\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:219px;height:219px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ben-Fenwick.jpg?w=192&amp;ssl=1 192w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ben-Fenwick.jpg?resize=140%2C140&amp;ssl=1 140w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ben-Fenwick.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ben-Fenwick.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ben-Fenwick.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Ben Fenwick is a Norman-based journalist and contributor to Oklahoma Watch<\/em>. <em>Contact him at <a 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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, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\">\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?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\">\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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