Kansas City Tenants Union Stay Winning?!?

Actually . . .

We've talked to real life housing activists who aren't all about politics and they're kinda disappointing with this move . . . Working to keep people in slums isn't such a noble goal and finding better places for locals on the low-end might be a more productive goal.

In fairness, here's a local political group taking the opposite tact . . .

The agreement, announced by the North Lawn Tenant Union and KC Tenants, covers the buildings on both sides of the street in the Historic Northeast, 135 through 137 and 118 through 148 North Lawn. Every current tenant will receive a new lease, written in their preferred language, by July 1. Every dollar of rent debt is erased.

Rent is frozen at $400 a month for tenants at 135 and 137 and reduced to $700 for tenants across the street. No one can face a rent-related eviction without at least 60 days notice.

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

WE HAVE A DEAL: North Lawn Tenants Win Sweeping Agreement With Landlord

Three years of organizing brought a Chicago landlord to a table in the Historic Northeast. Two hours and three languages later, the tenants of North Lawn walked out with frozen rents, erased debt, repairs on deadline, and a signed path to owning their homes.