affordable housing

The convention center will now be a temporary shelter as more people find themselves without permanent homes due to the economic impact of the pandemic.

The Kansas City Council approved a measure Thursday that some consider to be the first minimal step toward addressing the city’s affordable housing crisis.

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COVID-19 is delaying some office building deals but several residential projects have opened during the pandemic.

The Kansas City Council considered an affordable housing requirement for developers several years ago, but the measure failed. Supporters are trying again.

"We think of ourselves as the voice of rental housing providers," says the president of the Kansas City Regional Housing Alliance. "Our goal is to stabilize our rental market."

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'The conditions these families were compelled to live in were just horrendous.'

Earlier this year, the judge fined the company that owned the complex $7,500 a day after finding it in contempt of court for violating court orders and not showing up for scheduled depositions.

T.E.H. Realty has been the subject of numerous complaints about living conditions at its apartments in Kansas City and in other cities where it operates.

As COVID-19 cases in the area continue to rise, local organizations say evictions are causing both an economic and public health crisis in Kansas City.

Rent is due on Saturday, a federal eviction moratorium expired last week and expanded unemployment benefits are set to end soon. Two renters share their experience facing eviction during a pandemic.