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Urban farmers are trying to buy vacant lots for their farms to bring fresh, healthy food and green space to their neighborhoods, but they face challenges in acquiring that land.
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Since its inception in 2019, the Marlborough Community Land Trust has sold three renovated houses. Each was sold below market rate, in an effort to avoid gentrification.
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The Kansas City Council rezoned the baseball legend's home this week so the 112-year-old property can be repurposed for events, office space and a museum.
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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.
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Vacant lots, absentee owners, little accountability. What’s going on with the Kansas City Land Bank?The Kansas City Land Bank is supposed to revitalize neighborhoods. But a Beacon investigation found that the Land Bank has potential conflicts of interest between board members and buyers, and fails to hold buyers accountable to its own requirements. The result: Properties sit vacant for years.
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The house that once belonged to the legendary pitcher has sat empty for more than two decades. Now Kansas City seeks proposals to revive it as a community asset.
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Segment 1: One Kansas City couple looks to turn empty lots near the Jazz District into a thriving community.Husband and wife team Daniel and Ebony Edwards…
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Remember when Kansas City, Missouri, sold houses for $1 each?City leaders recently celebrated the success of that program, touting major improvements to…
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In Kansas City, there are so many vacant properties that the city tried to sell some of them for a dollar. We take a look at the stories of abandoned…
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More than 50 Kansas City residents and community advocates showed up Saturday morning at the Mohart Multipupose Center near Linwood Boulevard and The…
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We've been hearing a lot about Kansas City's program to demolish or sell off dilapidated homes. Around 800 properties are on the "dangerous buildings"…
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The city of Kansas City, Missouri recently announced $10 million in its budget to demolish hundreds of homes that are rotting in urban neighborhoods.These…