Posts Tagged ‘Evictions’
Nick’s Picks | Pandemic Scrambles Chiefs Game, Election Season
This week’s Nick’s Picks is brought to you by the letters E, T, and U. That stands for Expect The Unexpected. Who could have predicted that in a 48-hour time span the president of the United States would test positive for COVID-19 and the pandemic would halt the Chiefs from playing at Arrowhead? Chiefs Game…
Read MoreEviction Risks Surging With COVID-19, Rising Rents
The risk of eviction for many Kansas Citians is rising as the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, joblessness surges and rents keep rising.
Read MoreTenant Issues Are Also Race Issues, Organizers Say
Local tenants’ rights group KC Tenants say their fight for tenant rights is also a fight for racial equity.
Read MoreChanged Locks: Getting Evicted in Wyandotte
It takes two minutes for the woman in the wheelchair to roll in front of Judge R. Wayne Lawson. It only takes another two minutes for her to be legally evicted. “You have to leave, just not today,” Lawson tells her. The plaintiff’s lawyer asks her to wait for him in the hallway. He still…
Read MoreThe Faces of Eviction
In January, together with the Kansas City Public Library, we hosted a live public town hall to talk about evictions, gentrification and affordable housing in the metro. The standing room only-crowd heard from and asked questions of the six panelists, Tara Raghuveer, eviction researcher; Terrence Wise, community member; Jacob Wagner, co-founder of Center for Neighborhoods…
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