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Category: Housing

Mayor Lucas, seated, speaks into a microphone at City Hall. In the foreground, KC Tenants hold signs protesting the new housing ordinance.
Posted inLocal Government

According to a housing ordinance, the median income for a four-person household is nearly six figures

Mili MansarayJosh Merchant by Mili Mansaray and Josh Merchant August 26, 2022July 27, 2023
A closeup of house keychain
Posted inEconomics

Some Missourians impacted by COVID-19 can get thousands in housing assistance

Mili Mansaray by Mili Mansaray August 23, 2022December 2, 2022
A group watches two KCKCC leaders cut a ribbon in front of Centennial Hall
Posted inEducation

How a Kansas City area community college is helping students handle the housing crisis

Barbara Shelly by Barbara Shelly August 5, 2022December 2, 2022
Robert Richardson, dressed in a jacket and tie-dye bandana, stands on the front porch of his trailer. His arms are holding onto the railing, and he's looking to his right.
Posted inEconomics

Formerly incarcerated Missourians struggle for decades to find stable housing

Josh Merchant by Josh Merchant March 15, 2022December 2, 2022
Workers set up scaffolding and chutes to remove damaged dry wall from Oak Street Hall, pictured Jan. 18 on the University of Missouri-Kansas City Volker Campus. A Jan. 3 flood caused by frozen pipes displaced about 150 students from 117 rooms.
Posted inEducation

Flood over winter break drives about 150 UMKC students into new housing

Avatar photo by Maria Benevento January 21, 2022December 2, 2022
A picture of dollar bills forming a house.
Posted inEconomics

Local housing group and mayor share differing visions on a housing trust fund for Kansas City

Avatar photo by Celisa Calacal October 27, 2021December 2, 2022
Harvey Nash speaks at a KC Tenants press conference on the group's eight demands to improve Kansas City's rental assistance program.
Posted inEconomics

‘They need to make changes now’: Local housing advocates demand improvements to KC’s rental assistance program

Avatar photo by Celisa Calacal September 29, 2021December 2, 2022
Jenay Manley gives a speech using a bullhorn during KC Tenants' rally on June 26 to present its plan for a People's Housing Trust Fund.
Posted inEconomics

‘We are the solution to the problem’: KC Tenants proposes $30M fund for housing trust fund

Avatar photo by Celisa Calacal July 14, 2021December 2, 2022
Posted inEconomics, Housing

When home is where the hazards are: Healthy, affordable housing remains scarce in KC

Barbara Shelly by Barbara Shelly July 5, 2021December 2, 2022
Michael Lee Perry, an unhoused man, works on his bike at his camp site in Kansas City.
Posted inEconomics, Housing

As more Kansas Citians lose housing, people struggle to stay healthy without safe shelter

Avatar photo by Celisa Calacal June 30, 2021December 2, 2022

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