Affordable housing has taken the national spotlight amid skyrocketing rents and home prices in recent years. The City of Tulsa is asking the public for feedback on bettering the situation.
A 2023 housing assessment found that, over the next decade, the City of Tulsa needs to add nearly 13,000 housing units across all income spectrums to meet needs. It also concluded that approximately $37 million in gap funding is needed yearly.
To meet its goals on schedule, the city is seeking federal grant dollars to help create more affordable units and keep them that way. Officials want to hear from Tulsans at a public meeting on Wednesday night.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development calls it the Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing Grant (PRO Housing Grant).
Tulsa’s grant application follows other HUD grants it has received in the past few years to spur projects across the city.
One was the River West project, which a Tulsa Housing Authority official told 2 News lifted area residents’ average yearly income from $4,000 to $25,000. Another is the 36N project, a planned mixed-use and mixed-income community in north Tulsa that broke ground on June 27.