Housing
Flatland covers stories about affordable housing, evictions and tenant rights in the Kansas City metro and surrounding area.
KCATA Rejects Incentives for Big Mac Apartment Plan at Main and Armour
By Kevin Collison Confronted by overwhelming testimony from opponents, the KCATA board voted 6-2 Wednesday to reject a tax incentive request for a 300-unit apartment development proposed for Main and Armour. The development proposed by Chicago-based Mac Properties had been endorsed for a 15-year tax abatement by the authority’s development arm last week, but the…
KCATA Rejects Tax Break for Mac Properties in Midtown
The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority board has rejected a controversial tax break request by Mac Properties for a big Midtown apartment complex.
Passing the Baton
This episode of Flatland in Focus features guests from the Kansas City PBS program Passing the Baton, a series of conversations between prominent civil rights leaders in Kansas City and the next generation of trailblazing local leaders. Passing the Baton is new digital series from Sandy Woodson (Womontown, AIDS in KC), brings together prominent civil…
Mac Endorsed for Tax Breaks for Main and Armour Apartment Project
By Kevin Collison Mac Properties was endorsed for tax incentives for its 300-unit apartment development at Main and Armour by the RideKC Development board Wednesday. The agency is an arm of the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority and has become a major player providing incentives for projects that meet its description of what’s called transit-oriented…
Mac Tax Breaks Endorsed for Main and Armour Apartments
Mac Properties was endorsed for tax breaks for its 300-unit apartment development at Main and Armour by the RideKC Development Corp. committee Wednesday.
Passing the Baton | Diane Charity on the Fight for Fair Housing
Diane Charity talks about her long fight for fair and affordable housing and the creation of KC Tenants on “Passing the Baton.”
River Market Parking Woes Prompt Plan Commission to Oppose Apartment Tower
By Kevin Collison The proposed City Harvest apartment tower by the City Market, a City Hall priority for three years, stumbled over the ongoing challenge of parking in the area this week at the City Plan Commission. The Plan Commission voted 4-3 to recommend denial of the 300-unit project after hearing from River Market merchants…
Apartment Tower Being Considered Next to Power & Light Building
A 300-unit apartment project is being pursued for an empty corner at 14th and Wyandotte across from the new Blue Cross Blue Shield building.
Kansas Encourages Rural Housing With Massive Influx of Funds
For years, the Kansas Housing Resource Corp.’s median-income program was a well-intended effort operating with modest resources. Then everything changed.
Why is KC’s Transit Agency Involved in Housing?
There’s a lot of money behind transit-oriented development, including billions of dollars in federal grants. But some local leaders are concerned about RideKC’s use of tax incentives.