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Since Kansas City's right-to-counsel program took effect on June 1, a group of attorneys collectively have taken on 139 new cases of tenants facing eviction. Kansas City sees an average of 9,000 evictions every year.
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Tenants facing eviction in Kansas City, Missouri, now have free access to an attorney, regardless of income. Plus, a familiar name in Kansas will appear in the Republican primary for attorney general this August.
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Tenants can fill out an online form or call a hotline number to get access to a lawyer.
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Residents of Heart Mobile Village were required to relocate by February so the county could move forward with a new detention center. While Jackson County allocated about $2.5 million to help residents relocate, some say officials haven't lived up to their promises.
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The new UMKC Tenant Union is calling for a formalized lease agreement between the university and students, so they're protected under Kansas City's Tenant Bill of Rights. Students are also calling for increased transparency better maintenance, and improved accessibility.
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Missouri Rep. Cori Bush is teaming with two other Democrats hoping to provide a legislative lifeline to tenants facing eviction. But their bill faces some steep hurdles in Congress.
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KC Tenants and other housing rights groups in Kansas City proposed a Tenants' Right to Counsel city ordinance to provide legal help — free of charge — to tenants facing eviction.
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A previous pilot program funded by Kansas City showed that the vast majority of renters who received legal representation were not evicted. The newly-approved ordinance would provide representation to tenants, regardless of income.
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Only about 3% of Kansas City tenants receive legal representation in eviction court. KC Tenants and other housing rights groups have proposed a Tenants' Right to Counsel, which would provide that help free through the city.
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The Tenant Representation Initiative, created by the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, has saved hundreds of tenants from eviction through what it says is much needed legal counsel. “It’s like a bus had just been removed off my body," said one client, "because I felt like I was being ran over by a bus."
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At the home she rented on East 83rd Street, Sabrina Davis' microwave burned up, she got shocked when using the garbage disposal and was also shocked while unplugging a replacement microwave oven.
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More than 100 residents of Heart Village mobile park will be displaced as part of the county's plan to build a new detention center.