From co-ops to mobile grocers, organizations are finding ways to provide free food in Kansas City, Kansas.
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With moratoriums expiring, Kansas Citians face challenges paying off utility debt
While a federal eviction moratorium has been in place since last year, moratoriums on utility shutoffs were implemented at the local level by utility companies.
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This is where you can still apply for rent and utility assistance in the Kansas City metro
Kansas City was approved for a second round of funding for emergency rental assistance. The application portal will reopen Sept. 1.
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‘I’m gonna lose it all’: Tenants left in the dark as KC’s rental assistance program closes to new applicants
Four months since launching, the program is no longer accepting new applications. The city has already received enough applications to use up all of its $14.8 million funding pool.
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‘We are the solution to the problem’: KC Tenants proposes $30M fund for housing trust fund
KC Tenants is proposing its own People’s Housing Trust Fund, which proposes diverting money from the police and taxing developers to fund the program.
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How Missouri’s largest university system is expanding internet access across the state
The University of Missouri System’s Broadband Initiative team works with community leaders to figure out how to expand broadband access.
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As more Kansas Citians lose housing, people struggle to stay healthy without safe shelter
The pandemic shined a light on the vulnerabilities of Kansas City’s unhoused residents.
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How a Kansas City neighborhood is transforming its dangerous and abandoned buildings
Assuming ownership of these blighted properties is one way a neighborhood like Lykins can take charge of making improvements.
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From security deposits to repairs, what you should know about your tenant rights in Kansas City
Whether you’re a long-term renter, a person looking for your first apartment or someone getting ready to re-sign your lease, here’s what you need to know about tenant protections in Kansas City.
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Kansas City’s housing market is already pricing out millennials: ‘We didn’t really stand a chance’
For middle-class, millennial, first-time buyers, the cutthroat housing market is making the American dream of owning a home — often considered the best way to build wealth in this country — increasingly out of reach and unaffordable.