Housing

Why finding a better response to the plight of Kansas City's homeless is so difficult.

As Kansas City prepares to close the temporary shelter at Bartle Hall a better plan for the homeless remains elusive, and some COVID-19 variants have found their way to Missouri and Kansas City.

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.

"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."

How the coronavirus is affecting Kansas City rental property owners, and two librarians' picks for the best current young adult titles.

The political and cultural divide between urban and rural communities is as deep and sharp as ever. But the two regions have a lot in common: drug abuse, poverty and a shortage of affordable housing. That’s the short list.

More and more Kansans who lost jobs because of the coronavirus are falling behind in their rent and mortgage payments.

How the Kansas Human Rights Commission is expanding LGBTQ protections that up to now only covered workers.

GOP delegates from Kansas and Missouri discuss a virtual political convention unlike any other, how the Kansas Human Rights Commission could expand LGBTQ protections in the state, and a long-running craft fair receives patrons in-person again.

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.

As the spread of COVID-19 shuts down cities and rattles the stock market, home buyers and sellers are feeling the strain.