Quote of the Day | July 1, 2019

“This speaks to the need for affordable housing and livable wages. The current rent cost for a two-bedroom in Tulsa would require an income of $16 an hour.”

-Rhené Ritter, program coordinator for A Way Home for Tulsa, on a survey that found one out of five homeless people in Tulsa has a job [Tulsa World]

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Gene Perry worked for OK Policy from 2011 to 2019. He is a native Oklahoman and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a B.A. in history and an M.A. in journalism.

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