rental housing

Rent prices in Nebraska have increased 29% over the last seven years, and experts say wages are not keeping up. Nebraskans are finding temporary fixes to housing costs.

Residents at the North Lawn apartment complex in the Historic Northeast got together and formed a tenant's union earlier this year. They say their landlord hasn’t held up his end of the bargain while they’ve been dealing with unbearable heat.

Almost 400 Kansas City residents took advantage of a program offering cheaper short-term rental permitting during the World Cup, hoping to catch a windfall from the influx of tourists. Some aren't seeing the bookings they anticipated.

Demand for short-term rentals in Kansas City is so far strongest for properties closest to Arrowhead Stadium, where World Cup matches will be played, and for lower-priced listings.

Residents in a Northeast apartment complex won historic rent protections in 2023. As those are running out, they’ve expanded their tenant union. They demand repairs and affordable rent from their landlord.

After the Shawnee City Council unanimously passed a first-of-its-kind ordinance that restricts how many unrelated people can live in a single-family home, some community members argued it could worsen the area's housing shortage. Opponents say they will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Longtime KC Tenants organizer Jenay Manley is taking the reins of the tenant rights advocacy organization from founder Tara Raghuveer, who is now focused on tenant issues on the national level. Raghuveer said Kansas City has been at the "vanguard" of this recent movement.

One Kansas bill earned bipartisan support for encouraging easier processes for building “middle housing." But another would ban cities and towns from passing laws that require landlords to accept federal housing vouchers.

The proposal would allow renters to pay their monthly rent in multiple payments so long as all is paid in full and on time.

The project will build new housing on what was once one of the oldest Black-owned housing cooperatives in the country.

Kansas City is seeing an influx of short-term rental applications from residents interested in hosting their property during the FIFA World Cup. The city opened up special permitting in December that allows people to host short-term rentals from May 3 to July 31.

Tenants at Bowen Tower Apartments began withholding rent last October. An agreement with the California-based landlord now includes lower rent and utility rates, and commitments to fix longstanding problems in the building.