Show-Me Republicans AGAINST KC Tenants & Sketchy Local Legislation

This is an important write-up but it might not actually be news.

Consider . . .

Kansas City landlords openly vowed to oppose "income discrimination" rules imposed by Mayor Q and council almost immediately after they were passed. 

Here's the biased way the newspaper describes the situation:

"New protections targeting discrimination on the basis of someone’s income or criminal history."

Actually . . .

The Kansas City Star confuses the narrative . . . This situation isn't the Missouri GOP standing against local control BUT IN FACT locals IN KANSAS CITY looking to Missouri officials for protection after being dismissed & ignored by Mayor & council. 

A glimpse at MAGA future in Missouri and how it applies to KCMO . . .

"Missouri Republican lawmakers want to overturn the Kansas City ordinance amid a backlash from vocal landlords, including some who have warned they would stop renting out their properties. Lawmakers who oppose the local rules say they hamper the ability of landlords to vet prospective tenants and risk exacerbating the region’s affordable housing shortage. Their logic is that if enough landlords stop renting out their properties because of the local ordinance, fewer housing options will be available to tenants.

"The General Assembly thwarting the Kansas City ordinance would mark another instance of the GOP-controlled legislature stripping away local control from the largely Democratic city. "

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

Missouri Republicans target KC housing law praised by renters, criticized by landlords

The Kansas City ordinance provided new protections against discrimination based on renters' source of income.