The OU Student Government Association is asking students to participate in a survey about a Norman housing ordinance in an attempt to get it amended.
SGA designed the survey to present student experiences to members of the Norman City Council when proposing changes to the ordinance, which bans more than three unrelated people from living in a house together.
“As members of the Student Government Association, we represent the will and the needs of the students. At the beginning of this administration, we had a few students come up to us and approach us and tell us they were struggling with this, and (they asked) us, ‘Why is this ordinance in place and how can we go about fixing this?’” said Dylan Rodolf, SGA's chief of staff and history and letters sophomore.
After both The Daily and The Norman Transcript published articles regarding the ordinance, multiple students reached out to SGA asking about it and its purpose, sharing stories and asking about SGA’s plan of action, Rodolf said. So far, SGA has met with faculty members at OU, including a former city council member, to learn more regarding both sides of the issue, Rodolf said.
“We just thought moving forward, when we’re trying to amend this ordinance, we have to be able to show City Council members and these local residents that this is an issue that is tangibly affecting our students. ... Some of our lower-income students who can’t afford to lose that extra $100 without sharing rent every month,” Rodolf said.
The survey can be found on OrgSync.
