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Three days after City officials stormed their buildings and ordered families out within 24 hours, the Health Department suspended the Chicago slumlord's rental license. The union that forced the reckoning says he cannot rent another unit until he fixes what he broke.
Three years of organizing brought a Chicago landlord to a table in the Historic Northeast. Two hours and three languages later, the tenants of North Lawn walked out with frozen rents, erased debt, repairs on deadline, and a signed path to owning their homes.
Three years ago, North Lawn tenants forced Wiser KC LLC into the most protective housing agreement in Missouri history. Then, the landlord broke it.
As winter settles in, hundreds of Kansas Citians are facing the cold without shelter. This guide pulls together shelter, food, medical, and warming resources so people living outside, families navigating homelessness, and those looking to help know where to turn.
University of Missouri President Mun Choi has framed homelessness as a public safety issue following a local student’s killing. But crime data shows no link between homelessness and violent crime. Advocates say that rhetoric has fueled harassment of Columbia’s unhoused community.
How a California slumlord unleashed a campaign of terror against Raytown's Black elders—and how they're fighting back with the city's first rent strike
Inside the Tenant Revolt That Forced Landlords to Their Knees in Kansas City
KCATA and KCPD come under scrutiny for removing public benches at bus stops, sparking criticism for undermining community efforts.
Amid the longest rent strike in Kansas City’s history, tenants at Quality Hill Apartments are confronting life-threatening, extreme conditions. Residents report suffocating indoor heat in some units—soaring past 85°F—and no heat in others as temperatures drop.
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