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Fed up with poor living conditions and abusive landlords, KC Tenants advocates for better affordable
Fed up with poor living conditions and abusive landlords, KC Tenants advocates for better affordable housing in Kansas CityRoughly 50 protesters marched toward City Hall in nearly sub-zero temperatures Monday morning.
“Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Slumlords have got to go!” they chanted.
The demonstration was also an introduction of sorts — the launch of KC Tenants, a new grassroots organization advocating for better affordable housing options in Kansas City.
“It’s cold outside, but you know what? Our people get evicted in the cold, our people live homeless in the cold, our people go without heat in the cold,” Diane Charity, a leader of the organization, told the crowd.
Read more: https://www.thepitchkc.com/news/article/21049589/kc-tenants-launched-today-advocates-for-better-affordable-housing-in-kansas-city