Oklahoma’s housing paradox: Affordable units hard to find

For Lance Windel, the problem isn’t hard to describe.

“It’s a math problem,” Windel, manager of LW Development, said.

Across Oklahoma, apartment complexes sit boarded up. Houses deteriorate. Entire properties fall out of the market. At the same time, renters scramble to find anything they can afford.

On paper, it looks like a contradiction.

Data from the Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency’s Housing Needs…