Kansas City Fights Against Redline Legacy

By way of taxpayer cash of course . . . 

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“The East Side was redlined for mostly rental property and so we do see that pattern today where most of the things that people are building are multi-family for rent or even homes for rent,” said Patterson Hazley. “What I’d like to see is an intervention to increase home ownership.”

So, she helped create the Housing Accelerator Fund. She says developers can apply to join a pool where they will get to see city owned properties and bid for redeveloping them. 

Patterson Hazley says they have set aside $750,000 for the fund, getting homes out of the city’s property inventory and into the hands of community members. 

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