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HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge tells an audience at the American Jazz Museum that housing is infrastructure during her visit to Kansas City on Wednesday.
Local housing advocacy groups on Wednesday demanded accountability from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which they said is funding notorious slumlords in Kansas City.
Affordable housing was at the forefront of a visit by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge to Kansas City on Wednesday.
Fudge joined Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) and Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas at 18th and Vine to discuss the increase in housing funding as part of the proposed American Jobs Plan.
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May 25 The Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners on Monday voted 3-1 to initiate litigation, bringing them a step closer to filing a lawsuit after the Kansas City Council passed a measure giving the city some control over a portion of the department's budget. The board's action was detailed in meetings minutes from a closed session held over the objection of Kansas City Mayor Quinton .
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has allocated $8.3 million to Kansas City to help address issues related to homelessness. Some of that money will be used to pay for 140 beds in the city’s proposed tiny home village initiative.
Kansas City Police Union Push Back Against Mayor Q Defund
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AND they re also lamenting rising crime on their watch.
Here s the world . . . Bold move by some to intentionally defund the Kansas City Police Department by 54 million dollars in just three weeks. The equivalent of 450 positions will need to be cut if that decision isn’t reversed. Businesses are looking to find a place to settle and people are searching for a place to raise families. In the middle of all of that Kansas City is one of the most violent in the country and 9 people voted to strip 54 million from a budget needed to protect our citizens.