UMKC Tenant Union Announces Demands

Local students are getting an education in protesting culture that continues to garner headlines across the metro.

Here's a bit about their crusade . . .

The students are organizing with support from housing advocacy group KC Tenants, which has organized a number of other renter groups around the metro.

The new UMKC Tenant Union is calling for increased transparency over rent and fees, more frequent and available building maintenance, better accessibility and an end to the requirement that students in university housing purchase a meal plan.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

UMKC students form tenant union demanding new lease and better maintenance in dorms

A group of more than 100 undergraduate students at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Friday they are forming a tenant union, issuing a list of demands for improving on-campus housing. The students are organizing with support from housing advocacy group KC Tenants, which has organized a number of other renter groups around the metro.