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Posts Tagged ‘Redlining’

Kansas City Mayor Wants to Ban Discrimination Against People with Housing Vouchers

By | December 1, 2023 | 0
Mayor Quinton Lucas introduced an ordinance Thursday that would prohibit Kansas City landlords from refusing to rent to someone based on their source of income.

A new ordinance Mayor Quinton Lucas introduced Thursday would make it illegal for Kansas City landlords to deny a prospective tenant because of how they pay rent.

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Sales Tax for East Side Projects Grapples with Growing Pains

By | October 19, 2023 | 1
Founder Myron McCant looks through a window at the children served at KD Academy child care.

Kansas City’s Central City Economic Development (CCED) sales tax program has produced mixed results and faces political headwinds as the time for renewal looms.

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Lasting Scars of Redlining on Display at the Johnson County Museum

By | June 26, 2022 | 0
The doors to the Johnson County Museum exhibit: "Redlined: Cities, Suburbs, and Segregation."

An exhibit at the Johnson County Museum reveals in detail how white supremacist thinking behind discriminatory real estate and lending practices and government policies shaped modern Kansas City.

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