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The Marlborough Community Land Trust is building wealth for low-income individuals by rehabbing homes and selling them below market price.

After the Federal Reserve started hiking interest rates, pending sales for new homes in Kansas City dropped by over 30%. But the market hasn’t gotten easier for prospective buyers, with home prices still at record highs.

Kansas City's Parade Park, one of the country's oldest Black housing cooperatives, has been deteriorating for years. Now it's running out of time before it faces foreclosure. Plus: How one broker is trying to increase Black homeownership in Kansas City's urban core.

While the U.S. homeownership rate saw its biggest annual increase on record during the pandemic, the disparity between Black and white homeowners also grew. Some organizations in Kansas City are trying to change that.

Supply and demand are driving up home prices and leaving little room for negotiation. Here are some tips on navigating the purchase or sale of a house.

Contracts for deed can be a pathway to homeownership for people without access to common lending options. But sketchy deals can leave low-income buyers with nothing — not even their house. Plus, some Kansas City-area students are frustrated about how Black history is being taught in high schools.

Kansas City Public Schools has managed to keep its doors open even as COVID-19 causes widespread staffing shortages, but teachers say they need a lot more help. Plus, an obscure property law allowed someone else to claim a woman's home without her knowledge.

Las leyes de 'Quiet Title' en todo el Medio Oeste pueden afectar desproporcionadamente a los propietarios que no hablan inglés, como Natalia Esteban, que emigró de México hace más de 20 años.

Quiet title laws across the Midwest can disproportionately affect homeowners who don’t speak English, like Natalia Esteban, who emigrated from Mexico over 20 years ago.

Nearly 24,000 properties were assessed at least double their previously assessed values, according to the ACLU. Some saw increases of more than 600%.

Racial covenants made it illegal for Black people to live in white neighborhoods. Now they're illegal, but you might still have one on your home's deed. And they're hard to remove.

When a Kansas City renter was taken to court by her landlord under false claims, she filed a countersuit and won more than $17,000. What does this mean for the future legal relationships between property owners and renters?