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Can $1 Houses Help the Unhoused in Kansas City? The Land Bank of Kansas City is offering vacant homes for $1 to help address homelessness. It’s unclear how many groups will step up to fix the houses to be occupied.

Unhoused and Unheard: Temporary Fixes Fall Short of Demands for Unhoused Community The pandemic has exacerbated the homeless crisis in Kansas City, and advocates for the unhoused are pushing for more permanent solutions.

Checking Out: Some Say Hotels Aren’t the Key to Sheltering the Unhoused Efforts to temporarily shelter the unhoused in Kansas City area hotels and motels have faced a variety of challenges.

A Place to Sleep: Tenants Seek Homes After Being Displaced After being evicted, here’s what it’s like to find a new place.

Surviving Today: Landlords and Tenants Square Off as Eviction Moratorium Expires Evictions continue despite a pandemic and despite a moratorium. Here’s what it’s like.

Age of Coronavirus: KC Area Far Short Of Space For Homeless During Pandemic The three main counties in the Kansas City area — Wyandotte and Johnson in Kansas, and Jackson in Missouri — would have to boost bed capacity for the homeless by about 60% virtually overnight as the coronavirus begins to peak.

Missourians Fight to Keep Homes as End of Eviction Moratorium Looms Housing advocates are bracing for a spike in evictions as federal moratoriums sunset at the end of the year.

Tenant Issues Are Also Race Issues, Organizers Say Local tenants’ rights group KC Tenants say their fight for tenant rights is also a fight for racial equity.

Eviction Risks Surging With COVID-19, Rising Rents The risk of eviction for many Kansas Citians is rising as the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, joblessness surges and rents keep rising.