Kansas City Housing Crisis Protest Push Back Underway

There are already a few protests planned along with a great deal of tough talk from activists.

As regular www.TonysKansasCity.com readers know . . . Part of the campaign to demand more affordable options is to attempt to convince mainstream local denizens.

And so . . . Progressive media has dutifully helped to offer a sympathetic glimpse at the plight of the working poor.

One example . . .

A 'wave of evictions' faces Kansas City's tenants

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And here's an even more militant alternative screed that also takes on the criminal justice system . . .

KC Plans to Build $250 Million Jail Amidst the Most Devastating Housing Crisis In Decades

The Jackson County Justice System announced its intentions on building a new detention center on top of a currently low-income community, effectively expelling current residents from the area. The violent planned construction comes when there is an unprecedented housing crisis and the jail population in Jackson County, MO continues to explode.

Developing . . .