On May 7, 2025, the Missouri Legislature passed House Bill 595, a bill that prevents cities like Kansas City from forcing private landlords to accept housing vouchers or alternative forms of payment such as gig work income or disability assistance. This law also blocks local governments from restricting how landlords conduct background checks and other due diligence during tenant screening. This legislation …
Kansas City Housing providers win Preliminary Injuction over the Source Of Income Ordinance. A federal judge blocked the Kansas City Missouri Source Of Income Ordinance that required housing providers to not discriminate against potential renters based on their source of income. The injunction pertains to housing vouchers only. The City has not stopped all enforcement of source of income discrimination …
Kansas City Missouri introduced its Ordinance 231019 mid December 2023. Commonly called the Source of Income Ordinance, when discussed at a December City Council Meeting, was held over until January 25th. Below is the video of the discussion at the January 25th city council meeting. Kansas City Missouri’s Source of Income Ordinance #231019 Presented as the most restrictive in the …
Source of Income Discrimination BanOrdinance 231019Held Until January 25th. Link to the City Website #231019 Note: Our Survey shows that in the past 4 years, at least 873 units have been sold because of city policy.Take or Update Answers on Our Survey See Survey Results If you are considering purchasing rental property in the city of Kansas City Missouri, please …
KC Regional Housing Alliance to hold virtual event connecting tenants with resources for rent relief See article at KSHBhttps://www.kshb.com/rebound/kc-regional-housing-alliance-to-hold-virtual-event-connecting-tenants-with-resources-for-rent-relief Comment on Twitterhttps://twitter.com/41actionnews Comment on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/kshbtv/posts/10157885546076190
Gabriella posted our replay after the event. Rental housing industry leaders band together to help #GetTheRentPaid Read & Comment on her articlehttps://www.kshb.com/news/coronavirus/rental-housing-industry-leaders-band-together-to-help-gettherentpaid
We thank Catherine Hoffman for sharing about our event. About $600 Million in Rental Assistance Coming in Kansas, Missouri Help Getting The Rent Paid Read the article posted on FlatlandKC.orghttps://www.flatlandkc.org/news-issues/about-600-million-in-rental-assistance-coming-in-kansas-missouri/ Read and comment on her post on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/FlatlandKC/posts/2968093336737094
“Although landlords are commonly known as greedy bastards, this virtual opportunity could be a way to help families pay their rent which is a win-win situation for tenants and landlords.” Read the full article https://www.thepitchkc.com/united-way-launches-gettherentpaid-in-upcoming-virtual-event/ Comment to the post via their Facebook Posthttps://www.facebook.com/thepitch/posts/10158231003726194
A federal judge in Texas ruled on Thursday that an order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) temporarily halting evictions amid the pandemic is unconstitutional. In a 21-page ruling, U.S. District Judge John Barker sided with a group of landlords and property managers who alleged in a lawsuit that the CDC’s eviction moratorium exceeded the federal government’s constitutional …
BACK RENTFEB. 23, 2021 The Other Side of Rent Debt: Five Small-Time Landlords Who Are Stuck “The building will still be standing, but I won’t be.” Being played out across the country, these stories of 5 everyday people who happen to own rental property in New York show that without “meaningful support, small landlords are scrambling to bridge the gap.” …