Affordable Housing

two hope faith staffers wheel in some donated orange juice

Age of Coronavirus: KC Area Far Short Of Space For Homeless During Pandemic

The three main counties in the Kansas City area — Wyandotte and Johnson in Kansas, and Jackson in Missouri — would have to boost bed capacity for the homeless by about 60% virtually overnight as the coronavirus begins to peak.

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homeless shelter resident Matthew Hamblin

Downtown Homeless Shelter On Brink of Closure

reStart’s 90-bed downtown homeless facility is on the brink of closure unless it gets a last-minute financial bailout.

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Putting a Human Face On The Housing Affordability Debate

Kansas City area community leaders are grappling with how to encourage housing affordability.

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Maxus Properties wants to redevelop 11 buildings along the west side of The Paseo as affordable housing.

Developer Proposes Big Affordable Housing Project Near Downtown

Maxus Properties plans to redevelop 11 deteriorated apartment buildings along The Paseo just east of downtown Kansas City into 197 affordable apartments.

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Julia Cole, Ripple Effect

Beautifying KC’s Low-Income Housing

For Kansas City-based artist Julia Cole, housing for the poorest in town shouldn’t be ugly. So she asked curiousKC if something could be done.

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