Show-Me Victory In War Against Home Providers In Kansas City

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Missouri has nullified a Kansas City ordinance and others like it that sharply limit what landlords can ask potential tenants - including about their ability to even pay the rent . . .The KC ordinance, as well as its previous anti-landlord laws, have driven property owners to flee the Kansas City market.

“It absolutely violated our private property rights, and it goes against every successful and smart business tenet that we’ve ever had,” says Stacey Johnson-Cosby, president of the bi-state KC Regional Housing Alliance of metro-area housing providers.

Under the now-overridden ordinance, she says, “I cannot say no to someone who had a previous eviction over a year old. I cannot say no to someone who has bad credit or a low credit score. I cannot say no to someone who’s had prior property damage in a previous rental. I cannot say no to someone with a criminal arrest history. Literally.”

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

Missouri overturns KC law that hindered tenant screening, forced landlords into federal housing