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KC Tenants was founded with an annual budget of $30,000, which has grown to almost $600,000 in June 2023. [1] The union has worked together with Mayor Quinton Lucas on housing policy, [3] notably passing a tenant's bill of rights in 2019 that included banning "discrimination against prospective tenants solely because of a prior arrest, conviction or eviction."
Renters who think a landlord has denied them housing based on how they planned to pay the rent or another factor protected by the new law will be able to submit a complaint with the city’s civil ...
Animal welfare organizations are concerned with the health, safety and psychological wellness of individual animals. These organizations include animal rescue groups and wildlife rehabilitation centers, which care for animals in distress and sanctuaries, where animals are brought to live and be protected for the rest of their lives.
Housing subsidies are government funded financial assistance programs designed to mitigate the costs of housing for low-income tenants. Subsidies can be provided in the form of housing vouchers given to tenants, e.g. Section 8 (Housing), or via direct deposits to landlords with government contracts to provide affordable housing.
As many as eight million pets could flood animal shelters when the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s ban on evictions ends Oct. 3. ... 24/7 Help. For premium support please call ...
On a single night in Kansas last year, there were about 2,636 homeless people living in the state, including about 400 in Shawnee County, according to the statewide Point in Time Count that likely ...
A tenants union, also known as a tenants association, is a group of tenants that collectively organize to improve the conditions of their housing and mutually educate about their rights as renters. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Groups may also lobby local officials to change housing policies or address homelessness.
The goal with the new laws is to put renters and property owners on equal footing, said Rep. Esther Agbaje, DFL-Minneapolis, who carried several tenants' rights bills in the House of Representatives.