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Billions of dollars in development projects will begin construction around Kansas City in the next six months. KCUR's Up To Date spoke with Kansas City Manager Brian Platt about these developments, affordable housing and the latest on the streetcar extension.
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As the 2024 calendar turned to autumn, 46 homeless people had died in Sedgwick County. That's compared to just 42 deaths for all of the previous year.
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Demand for homes in Kansas is high, but construction of new homes has been slow for more than a decade. Kansas saw a significant drop in home construction after the Great Recession, contributing to a housing shortage today that drives up prices.
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Many of the people in Kansas who are homeless do have an income, but housing is simply too expensive to afford a place to live. Plus: Missouri law doesn't clearly IVF, so what's the risk of the procedure being outlawed?
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This is the second effort from Platte County to lower property tax rates for its residents. Commissioners plan to use excess sales tax money to fund major programs.
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While Lenexa planning commissioners agreed that more homeless support is needed in Johnson County, they faulted the project at the former La Quinta Inn for being a bad fit for the surrounding neighborhood. But the Lenexa City Council will get the final say.
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After drawn-out debate, the city will allocate federal funding to Hope Faith in the northeast to set up more shelter beds that will accept any person regardless of their race, gender, religious beliefs or condition.
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The University of Missouri's Columbia campus plans to admit 6,243 first-year students this fall — an increase of 18% from last year. With limited dorm space, the university is contracting a nearby apartment complex to accommodate the new students.
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A point-in-time count by the Kansas Statewide Homeless Coalition found a nearly 7% increased in unhoused residents from last year. The tally has limitations, but it helps local agencies spot gaps and allocate scarce resources.
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KC Tenants announced this week that it is a founding local of the Tenant Union Federation, a national union of unions that aims to organize for renter protections at the federal level.
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About one-third of the city’s 352 single-family public housing units were still occupied as of last December. The city is offering housing vouchers to the tenants who have to move.
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The Kansas City, Missouri-based tenants rights advocacy group joined other tenants unions in Illinois, Connecticut, Kentucky and Montana to form the Tenant Union Federation. TUF hopes to create more effective organizing practices among tenants nationwide and push for federally regulated rent control.