Jackson County Taxpayers Property Tax Assessment & Housing Policy Town Hall w/ Rep. Jon Patterson & Legislator Sean Smith on 9/30/24 Join us on Monday, September 30th at 6:00pm at the Gamber Center, 4 SE Independence Ave., Lee’s Summit, MO to learn more about the Taxpayer Bill of Rights and get other updates on the reassessment process. Hosted by the …
KC Regional Housing Alliance and the National Housing Provider Coalition hosted Dr. Lawrence Yun, the Chief Economist for the National Association of Realtors at their listening session on Tuesday May 28th with Director Sandra Thompson from the Federal Housing Finance Agency. He joined them in the afternoon to learn more of his perspective on the housing market in the US …
The KC Regional Housing Alliance, the National Housing Provider Coalition, and the Kansas City Regional Association of Realtors hosted a listening session in Kansas City on May 28th, 2024, to provide Sandra Thompson, the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and staff from the FHFA, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac feedback on the restrictive regulations they are considering for enterprise …
KC Regional Housing Alliance and the United Way are once again joining forces to help those in need of help getting their rent and utilities paid. If you or someone you know is in need of assistance and does not know where to go, please tell them about this event. It can be accessed via the internet or phone and …
The KC Regional Housing Alliance is joined with the United Way of Greater Kansas City to host a Virtual Resource Summit on Friday, March 19th to get the information out about the millions of dollars of rental & utility assistance in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The replay is posted below Watch the Replay To Get Help Assistance programs are …
Today the KC Regional Housing Alliance, a local housing provider group partnered with United Way of Kansas City to bring a virtual informational session on the many different funds offering housing and other assistance through both CARES Act Funding as well as their normal daily operations. This entire event was recorded and was live on Facebook: If you need assistance …
Housing providers across the country are alarmed. Headlines are stating that President Trump Canceled Evictions, but that’s not quite what has happened. Because Congress can’t come up with a “CARES Act II” and because President Trump and many citizens wanted something done to help renters affected by COVID that can’t pay rent, they turned to an obscure law that gives …
KC Regional Housing Alliance Partnered with over 20 different employers and training programs to present 100’s of jobs across the metro all paying $15 an hour or more. Event was held on Zoom and broadcast live on Facebook where you can still catch the replay and many of the employers are still hiring and still training. Part 1. Part 2
If you missed the Special Housing Committee meeting on December 2nd, the above is a full recording. While we encourage all who were not there to watch all of the video, we would like to direct your attention to some very key points that we as the opposition to the regulations feel need to be seen:
After going through the various versions of the regulations, a little over an hour of testimony from both sides and some very good questions by the committee, the Resolution was passed fairly quickly, and a revised version of the Ordinance was passed after many questions and revisions.
Several of the committee members thought that everyone was happy with the compromises made and we need to let them know that while we like the compromises made, that neither the Resolution or the Ordinance is ready to be passed.
The most recent versions that MAREI has access to are here: