The number of Americans aged 65 or older has more than tripled since 1960, fueling the ‘gray revolution.’
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Corporate landlords are more likely to evict their tenants and maintain unsafe housing in Kansas City according to a new study
Corporate landlords have become more and more common since the Great Recession. Housing advocates say that hurts tenants.
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Hammering out hope: Kansas City women volunteer to fight housing disparities
Habitat KC’s Women Build initiative tackles the gender gap in homeownership through hands-on housing solutions.
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Jackson County may roll back property assessments — but don’t hold your breath for a refund
A judge ruled that Jackson County has to roll back its property assessment increases. But there’s still no end in sight for the county’s assessment troubles.
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Historic renovations, new buildings and empty lots. Twelve projects to watch along the streetcar extension
Kansas City’s new streetcar has spurred the construction of more than 1,400 new apartment units along Main Street since 2017. These are some of the highlights.
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Real estate sale prices are secret in Missouri — even to people who calculate your taxes
Every two years, county assessment departments in Missouri are tasked with calculating the values of hundreds of thousands of properties.
But unlike most states, county assessors in Missouri don’t have a number that could make the process quicker and more accurate — the price that buyers actually paid when they bought the property.
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Healthy Homes found nearly 75 health code violations at Quality Hill Towers. So why is it considered habitable?
Correction: This article has been updated to clarify that Sentinel communicated with the Quality Hill Tenant Union during 2024. The company added that a third-party tested the water systems at 929 Jefferson in November 2024 and found no health issues. Hell Woods has been couch-surfing between two friends’ apartments since their landlord refused to renew […]
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A new Kansas City program steers residents to mental health or drug care rather than custody
You see someone in the midst of a mental breakdown, or high on drugs. Call 911 and they may get arrested. Things could get worse from there. They might lose their job, their apartment. Rather than get the care that could pull them out of a crisis, they could land in custody and spiral into […]
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As Kansas City Life Insurance flattens houses in the Valentine neighborhood, residents anxiously await what’s next
Dozens of homes and businesses on four blocks of the Valentine neighborhood have been razed over the past 120 years, demolished one by one from 80 at its peak in 1909 to 30 at the beginning of this year.
As 2024 comes to a close, only eight still stand in the area bordered by 33rd and 35th streets, Southwest Trafficway and Pennsylvania Avenue.
“It’s like a wasteland,” said Catherine Hayes, a Valentine resident for the past 40 years.
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As homelessness rises and temperatures dip, Kansas City offers hundreds of beds for cold-weather plan
For Kansas City residents living on the street, the prospect of escaping subfreezing temperatures hinges on the availability of a shelter bed. When temperatures drop to 32 degrees, the human body is at risk of hypothermia. Frostbite can set in within 30 minutes without proper protection when air temperatures fall below 5 degrees and in […]