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Attend Meeting about Ordinance No 210055

How to Attend Wednesday’s Meeting Wednesday, January 27th, 2021 at 4pm In person at City Hall on the 26th Floor in the Council Chamber, but we are not 100% sure if you can get in and if you do, you will need to wear a mask and social distance. Attend Via Zoomhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/84530222968 We are asking everyone who can, to log …

Vote NO on KCMO Proposed Ordinance No. 210055

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Ordinance #210055, an ordinance that is punitive towards housing providers, is sponsored by KCMO City Council Members Kathryn Shields, Melissa Robinson, Ryana Parks-Shaw, Andrea Bough and Mayor Quinton Lucas. They are proposing a mandate that forces housing providers to rent to tenants with bad credit to keep them from being homeless during the pandemic. By simply inquiring & learning about past evictions, judgments …

We Support Ordinance No. 210067

This Ordinance estimates revenue and appropriates funds in the amount of $14,814,859.50 in the General Grants Fund for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program from the U.S. Department of the Treasury to assist households that are unable to pay rent and utilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic; and authorizing the Director of Neighborhoods and Housing Services Department to execute contracts for …

Proposal: High-Risk Rent Guarantee Program

This program offers a housing provider security if they take a chance with a high-risk renter suffering as a result of the impact of COVID-19. The Problem High-risk tenants affected by COVID-19 and it’s impact, may have difficulty finding quality housing because many Housing Providers cannot justify the risk that renting to them represents with an eviction or judgment against …

Proposal: Eviction Prevention Program

KCMO COVID Emergency Eviction Prevention Program 2021 The Problem Many Kansas City tenants are cost-burdened by their housing expenses due to a loss of income during COVID-19. This temporary financial setback has place tenants at risk of being unable to meet their housing obligations and in jeopardy of losing their housing due to eviction for non-payment of rent. Tenants with …

Emergency Rental Assistance Agencies

There is still funding available in Kansas City Missouri to help pay rent, utilities and other needs. We spoke with Tiffany Drummer, the Tenant Advisor with Kansas City’s Neighborhoods and Housing Services and she shared that there were many programs still with funding available. She shared that if any of the following programs tell you they are out of funding, …