Kansas City

Kansas City Council passes ordinance limiting landlords’ ability to screen tenants; housing providers expected to flee market

A crowd of tenants’ activists cheered lustily Thursday at passage of Kansas City’s ordinance prohibiting landlords from asking about renters’ source of income and other items. But rental… Read More

Housing, Kansas City

KC ordinance barring landlords from relying on financial, criminal, eviction history could make housing less affordable, available

A proposed ordinance that would prohibit Kansas City landlords from “discrimination” against renters on the basis of credit worthiness, past evictions, criminal convictions or even source of income… Read More

Kansas City

KC City Council votes to reimburse city employees for travel to get abortions

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Kansas City Council voted Thursday to find a way to reimburse city employees for travel expenses to get an abortion out of state. … Read More

Opinion

Op-Ed: KC Council excluded the Northland from a critical decision on police funding a year ago. Here’s how to avoid that in the future

This week marks the one-year anniversary of one of the most divisive pieces of legislation in recent memory to go through the Kansas City Council – and without… Read More