“A Tulsa nonprofit is working to shed light on an often-overlooked piece of the housing crisis—access to stable housing for formerly incarcerated individuals.
With affordable housing already in short supply, people with criminal records face added hurdles in securing a place to live, further compounding the issue of housing insecurity.
Shawna Detmer, Site Director for the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) in Tulsa, has seen firsthand how difficult reentry into society can be—particularly when it comes to finding housing.
‘They’ll need to pass a background check, essentially to enter housing,’ Detmer explains. ‘And a lot of times they’re eliminated right off the bat.’”