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NEWLAND – A special joint meeting was held with the Avery County Board of Education and the Avery County Commissioners on Nov. 29 in the County Commissioners boardroom in order
Nonprofit Hosting Hub To Connect Tulsa Tenants With Agencies Offering Financial Help While the Biden administration has temporarily extended the eviction moratorium, Tulsa nonprofit Iron Gate is hosting a hub to connect tenants facing eviction with several agencies that can help them pay their bills. "Something that has been in the works for a while, this is obviously a crisis that has brought an opportunity,” Restore Hope Ministries Executive Director Jeff Jaynes said. It’s an opportunity that puts several agencies that offer financial and legal help for tenants in one spot. Jaynes said...
Programs Available For Tulsa Tenants As Eviction Moratorium Nears Expiration Even though the CDC eviction moratorium is ending this weekend, there is help available to help tenants pay rent and utilities, so they won't have to worry about evictions. Nonprofits like Restore Hope Ministries said just because the federal moratorium is ending, doesn't mean assistance is. Landlord Scott Gordon hasn't evicted anyone since the start of the pandemic. He said with so much help out there, he doesn't see any reason for landlords to evict their tenants when the moratorium ends. “I ask them, what can y...
Credit Lori Decter Wright The City of Tulsa and housing nonprofits are still trying to relocate residents of an apartment complex near 61st and Memorial a city councilor described as being like a "third-world" country. Between moving costs, security deposits, temporary hotel stays and other relocation costs, relocating everyone left at Vista Shadow Mountain could cost more than $600,000. Under the latest Treasury Department guidance, it's possible some of the city’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program funding could be used toward that, but rental availability in the city is currently low. ...
Amid housing crisis, the federal govt. banned evictions. Landlords are finding loopholes. Bracey Harris © Provided by NBC News On March 26, a sheriff’s deputy walked up to a one-story brick home in a suburb of North Tulsa, Oklahoma, and told the woman inside it was time to leave. She called Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma in a panic. Eric Hallett, the attorney on the phone, instructed her to grab important documents and medicine. There was a chance she wouldn’t be allowed to return. The woman and her partner — who lived in the home with five children, ranging in age fro...