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Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas spoke during a rally with KC Tenants for their Tenants Bill of Rights outside City Hall Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019. Opposition from landlords
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."
Two KC area tenant unions are on strike, withholding a combined $60,000 in rent over poor living conditions, while demanding rent caps, new ownership, and lease reforms.
Passage of the ordinance adds Kansas City to a long list of cities nationwide that have adopted source of income anti-discrimination laws. “The effort is to make life just a little bit easier ...
[7] [2] This is the first rent strike in Kansas City since 1980, and described by tenants as the first ever targeting the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. [ 8 ] [ 6 ] Tara Raghuveer, director of the union, stated they were targeting the American federal government as a way to criticize the systemic ...
Following public outcry over abuses of dogs reported in the media, the Animal Welfare Act was passed in 1966. [4] The animal welfare and rights movements grew in the 1970s with the publication of philosopher Peter Singer's influential Animal Liberation, [15] and Henry Spira's successful and highly publicized campaigns against animal testing.
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Pet abandonment increased during the USA financial crisis of 2007–2008. [11] In early 2009, the ASPCA published advice for people facing foreclosure and the loss of their pets, recommending finding a foster or adoption situation for your pet, being aware of rental property rules for pets, and checking with animal shelters and animal rescue ...