Jake Ramsey

Oklahoma’s online voter registration portal failed on the last day to register for the November 3 general election, leaving would-be voters scrambling to print forms and reach a post office by closing time. The State Election Board didn’t respond to multiple requests for comment as the deadline passed.

The Oklahoma Department of Securities is suing Vesta Realty for failing to produce documents it subpoenaed, the latest in at least 28 lawsuits filed in 2026 against CEO Marc Kulick, his company or properties he controls.

Sen. Julia Kirt held a September interim study on land banks, quasi-governmental entities that acquire vacant and blighted properties for development, after her land bank bill died in committee this spring.

The Tulsa City Council unanimously passed a resolution September 16 to develop a right-to-counsel eviction program providing legal representation to low-income tenants and landlords alike.

Congress passed the largest housing affordability bill in decades this summer, but Oklahoma advocates say the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is no magic bullet for the state's 84,125-unit affordable housing deficit, broken eviction process or weak tenant protections.

Norman is shutting down A Better Way, a program that connected people experiencing homelessness with paid work and support services, after the Oklahoma Attorney General's Office denied a funding request to continue it.

Two Vesta Realty tenants, one without air conditioning for 18 months, another without electricity and hot water illustrate how little recourse Oklahoma law gives renters when landlords fail to provide essential services.

Vesta Realty's collapse has left Tulsa tenants confused about who manages their apartments and who to pay rent, as competing bankruptcy proceedings in two states, a court-ordered management transfer and a cast of characters including a former arms dealer have created what one attorney called the most complicated landlord-tenant situation she has ever seen.

As trash mounts in Tulsa apartment complexes and tenants’ water access is threatened at the Oklahoma City-based Drexel Flats, attorneys and lawmakers said the situation at Vesta Realty is another example of why Oklahoma’s tenant protection laws must be addressed.

Oklahoma City's Key to Home initiative successfully housed 65 of 75 people from one encampment within 90 days, but advocates say the housing voucher inspection process, a shortage of willing landlords and a lack of affordable units are slowing progress as more people fall into homelessness than are being housed.