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State Data Overview
Across Oklahoma, there is a shortage of rental homes affordable and available to extremely low income households (ELI), whose incomes are at or below the poverty guideline or 30% of their area median income (AMI). Many of these households are severely cost burdened, spending more than half of their income on housing. Severely cost burdened poor households are more likely than other renters to sacrifice other necessities like healthy food and healthcare to pay the rent, and to experience unstable housing situations like evictions.
Housing Profiles
Oklahoma
Key Facts
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140,306 OR 26%
Renter households that are extremely low-income
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-84,125
Shortage of rental homes affordable and available for extremely low-income renters
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$30,000
Average income limit for 4-person extremely low income household
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$45,445
Annual household income needed to afford a two-bedroom rental home at HUD's Fair Market Rent (FMR)
Impact on Low-Wage Workers
A minimum wage worker would need to work:
- 97 hours per week or 2.4 full-time jobs to afford a 1-bedroom apartment at Fair Market Rent (FMR).
- 121 hours per week or 3.0 full-time jobs to afford a 2-bedroom apartment at Fair Market Rent (FMR).
Most Expensive Areas 2-Bedroom Housing Wage Oklahoma City HMFA $23.92 Tulsa HMFA $23.40 Texas County $21.46 Love County $20.42 Woodward County $20.40 Common Occupations Median Hourly Wage Nursing Assistants $17.75 Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners $15.38 Retail Salespersons $14.66 Home Health and Personal Care Aides $13.69 Fast Food and Counter Workers $11.58 Solutions
- Provide significant resources to build and preserve homes affordable to renters with the lowest incomes through investments in public housing and the national Housing Trust Fund
- Encourage states and local communities to reform zoning and land use regulations that prevent housing from being built and push up housing costs
- Bridge the gap between incomes and housing costs by expanding rental assistance so that it is universally available to all eligible households or consider other innovative approaches, such as a fully refundable renters’ tax credit
- Prevent evictions and homelessness by creating permanent tools, such as emergency rental assistance, to help stabilize families in crisis
- Other federal housing resources, including the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, should be reformed to better address the shortage of rental housing affordable to the lowest-income households.
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State Level Partners
NLIHC Housing Advocacy Organizer
Kenza Idrissi Janati
State PartnersOklahoma Coalition for Affordable Housing
P.O. Box 58
Oklahoma City, OK 73101
affordablehousingcoalition.org
Andrea Flowers-Householter, Executive Director
Become an NLIHC State Partner
NLIHC’s affiliation with our state coalition partners is central to our advocacy efforts. Although our partners' involvement varies, they are all housing and homeless advocacy organizations engaged at the state and federal level. Many are traditional coalitions with a range of members; others are local organizations that serve more informally as NLIHC's point of contact.
Inquire about becoming a state partner by contacting [email protected]
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Housing Trust FundHTF Implementation Information
NLIHC continues working with leaders in each state and the District of Columbia who will mobilize advocates in support of HTF allocation plans that benefit ELI renters to the greatest extent possible. Please contact the point person coordinating with NLIHC in your state (below) to find out about the public participation process and how you can be involved. Email Brooke Schipporeit with any questions.
Current Year HTF Allocation$5,907,079
HTF State Resources2020
Draft HTF Application Packet (PDF)
2019
2019 HTF Application Package (PDF)
HTF awards (PDF)
2018
2018-NHTF-Awards (PDF)
2018 HTF Application Package (PDF)
Annual Action Plan, HTF Allocation Plan on page 230 (PDF)
HTF awards (PDF)
2017
NHTF-2017-awards (PDF)
2017 Draft HTF Allocation Plan {Appendix E of draft 2017 ConPlan Action Plan} (PDF)
Notice of Informal Public Input Sessions for Action Plan (PDF)
Notice of availability of 2017 HTF Application (PDF)
2017 HTF Application (PDF)
2016
2016-NHTF-awards (PDF)
OHFA Announces 2016 HTF Awards (PDF)
2016 HTF Awards (PDF)
HUD-approved HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
Draft HTF Application by Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency (PDF)
State Designated EntityState Entity Webpage
Oklahoma Housing Finance AgencyOfficial Directly Involved with HTF ImplementationTimothy Hicks
Housing Development Allocation Analyst
405-419-8269
[email protected]Emily Myers
Housing Development Allocation Supervisor
405-419-8135
[email protected]Corey Bornemann
Housing Development Program Manager
405-419-8134
[email protected]Darrell Beavers
Housing Development Programs Director
405-419-8261
[email protected]NHTF-specific Pages
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ResourcesResources
Housing Profiles
State Housing Profile
State Housing Profile: Oklahoma (PDF)
Congressional District Housing Profile
Congressional District Profile: Oklahoma (PDF)
Research and Data
National Housing Preservation Database
The National Housing Preservation Database is an address-level inventory of federally assisted rental housing in the United States.
Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing
Out of Reach documents the gap between renters’ wages and the cost of rental housing. In Oklahoma and Nationwide
The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Rental Homes
The Gap represents data on the affordable housing supply and housing cost burdens at the national, state, and metropolitan levels. In Oklahoma and Nationwide
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