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After intense pressure from progressives, the CDC has announced a more limited eviction moratorium days after an earlier freeze on evictions expired. -
Zachary Linhares/The BeaconA hot summer also means higher utility bills for residents who are already struggling to stay afloat.
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Kansas City, Missouri, released the results from its latest citywide survey of resident priorities and satisfaction. Now, city officials are tasked with using the feedback to make changes. -
Advocates say for many local households, the emergency rental aid could “potentially be the biggest financial assist that they ever get in their life.”
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Since Feb. 15, Missouri has put $17.4 million into the hands of nearly 3,500 families — a significant jump from $3.6 million provided to about 700 families by the middle of May.
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Advice to stay at home during the pandemic was meant to keep people healthy. But it put some Kansas City residents at risk because of rodents, mold and other unhealthy conditions in their homes.
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Nonprofits help with mobile clinics and outdoor wash stations, but many people without homes in Kansas City go without checkups, medicines and even bandages. The pandemic made things worse.
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A shortage of affordable housing in Kansas City is not a new problem. But the pandemic exacerbated the crisis and exposed the region's failure to act.
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In northeast Kansas City, the Lykins Neighborhood Association has used Missouri’s Abandoned Housing Act to reclaim dilapidated homes and turn them over for renovation. The results have been promising.
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The Kansas City tenant’s rights group has proposed setting up a trust fund to build low-income housing and aid renters, with most of the money coming from the police budget.
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KC Tenants and other advocates for low-income renters said a federal extension of the eviction moratorium Thursday provides some relief, but ultimately doesn’t help those financially hurt by the pandemic, nor does it address long-standing gaps in affordable housing.
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The project died after the developer told a council member that a scaled-back incentive package wouldn't suffice.
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The Kansas City Council plans to decide whether to give tax breaks to a project turning Katz Drug Store into an amenities space for an upscale apartment complex Thursday.
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Drivers are frustrated by traffic on Main Street ahead of the KC Streetcar expansion, but most of that is preliminary work on underground utilities. Then the real construction will begin.
