PRESS RELEASE

 

 

 

 

 

Kansas City is facing a housing emergency, and the people paying the highest price are low-income families, the disabled, the elderly, and working-class tenants—the very people who keep this city running.

 

What started at Eagle Rock Apartments has expanded into a devastating pattern at complexes across the city:

 

Rats crawling into beds and cribs

 

Raw sewage, mold, collapsing walls, broken plumbing

 

Landlord neglect, retaliation, and complete silence

 

Tenants still forced to pay rent under life-threatening conditions

 

 

This is a public health crisis, a human rights crisis, and a legal failure.

 

The following property owners and management companies are being called to account:

 

Monroe Group – Eagle Rock Apartments

 

Yarco Property Management – East Hills Village

 

Sherman Associates – Grand Boulevard Lofts

 

Weigand-Omega Management – Bridgeport Apartments

 

Seldin Company – Greenleaf Apartments

 

 

All claim to uphold values of safety, dignity, and housing equity. Their actions in Kansas City say otherwise.

 

Legal Violations Backing Our Claims:

 

Missouri Landlord-Tenant Law (RSMo § 441.234): Landlords must maintain habitable living conditions.

 

Implied Warranty of Habitability: Missouri law protects tenants from unsafe housing.

 

Kansas City Health Code (Chapter 56): Requires pest control, safe utilities, and basic sanitation.

 

Fair Housing Act (1968): Neglect that disproportionately harms protected classes is a federal violation.

 

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): Failing to provide safe housing to disabled tenants can be actionable.

 

 

We Demand:

 

1. Immediate inspections and relocation of affected families at the owners’ expense

 

 

2. Public accountability for all property owners and managers

 

 

3. Enforcement from city code inspectors and public health officials

 

 

4. Emergency legal protections for impacted tenants

 

 

5. Citywide reform and oversight of low-income and HUD-subsidized housing

 

 

 

Thanks to KC Reel News for exposing these stories. We are taking this beyond social media — into the offices of public officials, the inboxes of national media, and the court of public opinion.

 

We will not allow Kansas City’s most vulnerable to be treated like they’re disposable.

 

SIGN & SHARE NOW. Let’s force Kansas City to choose: justice or complicity.

 

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