Housing
Flatland covers stories about affordable housing, evictions and tenant rights in the Kansas City metro and surrounding area.
How Do Housing Trust Funds Work? Here Are Three Examples From Across The Country
Although Kansas City established a housing trust fund to support affordable housing in 2018, it didn’t have any funding until recently. Here’s a look at how some other cities manage their housing trust funds.
Womontown: How 12 City Blocks in Kansas City Became a Radical Enclave By and For Women
Fed up with harassment and housing discrimination, lesbians in 1990s Kansas City dreamed of a place where they could “walk hand in hand, freely down the streets.” So they created Womontown. The radical enclave encompassed 12 city blocks and attracted women from all over the U.S.
Big Volker Apartment Project by KU Med Wins Committee Support
(Editor’s note: The full City Council approved the Jamestown Square plan at its March 3 meeting) By Kevin Collison The proposed Jamestown Square apartment project, the biggest investment on the Missouri side of the 39th Street corridor by KU Med in a decade, won easy backing Wednesday from a City Council committee. The 223-unit apartment…
Big Apartment Project at 39th Street and State Line Road Nears Approval
The proposed Jamestown Square apartment project, the biggest investment on the Missouri side of the 39th Street corridor by KU Med in a decade, won easy backing Wednesday from a City Council committee.
Room to Roam with No Money Down
Rural development loans from the USDA allow folks to pay 0% down on a properties out of the city.
Crescendo Project to Add Affordable Housing Near Downtown
By Kevin Collison A $10.6 million development plan that would add 39 affordable apartments to the Wendell Phillips neighborhood is being planned by the same developer who has built similar projects near downtown. Brinshore Development is teaming with the Urban Neighborhood Initiative on what’s called the UNI Crescendo project. It calls for 10 townhome-style apartment…
Houseless Hotel: A ‘Housing First’ Solution for Those Without Homes
Lotus Care House is a 1970s era hotel that is being converted into transitional housing and a service center for the homeless. It is part of a “housing first” approach to addressing homelessness in Kansas City.
Mac’s Big Midtown Project Dead After Council Rejects Funding
By Kevin Collison A $100 million proposal that would have added 385 apartments next to the planned streetcar stop at Main and Armour is dead after the City Council rejected funding considered key to including affordable housing. Mac Properties had proposed renovating the US Bank building at Main and Armour and the nearby New Yorker…
Final Barney Allis Plaza Rebuild Plan Has $112.4M Price Tag
By Kevin Collison Almost three years after launching its search, the city now has solid design plan and price tag for reviving the crumbling Barney Allis Plaza, but appears to be no closer to figuring out how to pay for it. At a briefing to a Council committee Wednesday, consultants said the Plaza built in…
Barney Allis Plaza Rebuild Plan Has $112.4M Price Tag
Almost three years after launching its search, the city now has solid design plan and price tag for reviving the crumbling Barney Allis Plaza, but appears to be no closer to figuring out how to pay for it.