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Tenants at Quality Hill Towers and Independence Towers have been withholding rent payments for 18 days as of Friday, marking what organizers say is the longest rent strike in Kansas City history.
Tenants of Quality Hill Towers have stated that the residence has had poor living conditions, with them having to deal with pest infestations and plumbing issues. Tenants were threatened with eviction when they brought up the situation to the landlords, and maintenance requests went unaddressed.
High housing prices and poor housing quality in the U.S. are directly related to health impacts, and many studies speak to impacts on issues such as the presence of mold, a neighborhood’s air ...
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.
Permanent, federally funded housing came into being in the United States as a part of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. Title II, Section 202 of the National Industrial Recovery Act, passed June 16, 1933, directed the Public Works Administration (PWA) to develop a program for the "construction, reconstruction, alteration, or repair under public regulation or control of low-cost housing and slum ...
[22] [23] Even regions with relatively abundant housing supply and low rates of homelessness, such as Mississippi, face challenges with street homelessness due to factors like addiction, as well as issues with housing quality. [24] The affordable housing gap is a socio-economic phenomenon characterized by the scarcity of affordable housing ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has spent tens of millions on pro-tenant causes. Yet elderly and disabled tenants at one of its buildings complain they have spent months at a time without a ...
Substandard housing quality can have detrimental impacts on the physical and mental health of residents. In the United States, high-quality housing has become difficult to afford and access. Because of the inaccessibility, many individuals and families settle to build homes in spaces with poor living conditions.