Last month, evictions in Oklahoma City and Tulsa were down 40% from the same point last year, but that number was misleading.

People working to prevent homelessness said that the main reason for that drop, which followed months of financial hardships for Oklahomans, was a federal eviction ban.

That ban ended July 24. After it expired, landlords with properties tied to federal funds were required to give their tenants 30-days notice before filing an eviction.

At the end of that notice period, toward the end of August, service providers expect evictions to increase rapidly.

We want to tell the next chapter of this story. There are big questions left to answer. Chief among them: How will this disrupt people’s lives, and will thousands of Oklahomans at risk of eviction become homeless?

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Mollie Bryant
Big If True editor
bryant@bigiftrue.org