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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 ...
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
Kansas: yes: yes yes yes (785) 296-3806 [5] Kentucky: yes - absentee: no no no (502) 564-3490 [5] Louisiana: yes - absentee: yes yes yes 800.825.3805 [14] Maine: yes - absentee: no info yes yes (207) 626-8400 Maryland: yes: yes yes no info 410-260-3875 [15] Massachusetts: yes: yes yes no info 1-866-SAFE-ADD [16] Michigan: yes yes yes yes 313 ...
Many of your tenant rights are spelled out in state or local laws. In a situation where you feel you are being treated unfairly for any reason, check with your state's laws on tenant and landlord ...
The tenant may have moved out most of their furniture and intend to return to pick up the last few things and clean up the apartment before turning in the keys. Landlords believing the tenant has vacated the premises may come in ahead of the tenant, remove the remaining property, and attempt to charge the tenant for the "mess" they left. To ...
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.
[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 ...