Court Upholds Shawnee Co-Living Crackdown

Check this rare victory for the quickly disappearing single-family suburban home . . . 

The Tenth District of the U.S. Court of Appeals upheld the September 2023 dismissal by the federal district court in Kansas City, Kansas, attesting that the city’s ordinance, which restricts how many unrelated people can live in a single-family home, violated their constitutional rights.

The ruling means the city’s rule, which says no more than three unrelated people can live in the same dwelling, stands.

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

Federal appeals court upholds Shawnee's co-living ban

The court's decision leaves in place a Shawnee's much-discussed ordinance limiting unrelated residents in a single home to three people.