homelessness

On Friday morning, Gov. Kevin Stitt directed the Oklahoma Highway Patrol to conduct an encampment sweep in Norman.

The number of people experiencing homelessness in Oklahoma City decreased for the first time since 2022, city officials reported Thursday.

A lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the funding for a new homeless shelter in Norman has been dismissed.

Homelessness is expected to get worse in the coming years. Experts said the Trump administration’s move away from Housing First, a celebrated policy that prioritizes shelter before dealing with problems like addiction, will put more than 100,000 people, including families with children, at risk of homelessness.

Funding for a homeless shelter will be one of the issues on the ballot in April’s special election.

The Norman City Council is one step closer to establishing a permanent shelter location.

Twelve people were transported to shelter during Oklahoma's latest round of encampment sweeps, marking Operation SAFE's expansion to Oklahoma City.

In the announcement Monday afternoon, the governor said the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation were beginning cleanup efforts similar to those undertaken in Tulsa last month.

Last month, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt ordered a large-scale sweep of homeless encampments in Tulsa.

Gov. Kevin Stitt’s removal of homeless camps in Tulsa will be an ongoing process and could expand to other areas of the state, an Oklahoma Highway Patrol official said Tuesday.