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“Texas law limits how much landlords can generally charge in late fees, depending on the type of property.”
In the county, as it happens across the United States, Black tenants are disproportionately impacted. Although in OKC, Black people represent 22% of renters, 37% of evictions are against them.
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“We are in an eviction crisis in North Carolina and in Durham, and the reason that people are facing eviction is because the cost of everything is going up, while wages are staying the same.”
Visit our Eviction Tracking System to learn more about the data in Oklahoma County and in more than 30 cities and 10 states across the USA.
“Kansas has one of the quickest eviction processes in the country, requiring the courts to determine possession of the property within 14 days of the beginning of the process.”
Many cases involve relatively small debts, and around a third of all filings are for less than $1,000.
In the last 12 months, landlords filed 17,000+ evictions in Oklahoma County. This is 12 eviction filings for every 100 renter households.
Evictions are also repeated and concentrated: nearly 44% of all cases come from just 100 buildings.
Some landlords rarely evict, but some evict constantly.
These numbers haven’t budged in the last couple of years either.
Since 2023, filings have stayed consistently high, with between 1,200 and 1,600 cases every month. A decade ago, filings were far lower, with less than 700 a month on average.
Did you know that landlords in Oklahoma City file roughly the same number of evictions as Connecticut, a state with 3x the renter household population?
You can now explore the data below thanks to a partnership with Mental Health Association Oklahoma.
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