As eviction blockades continue in KC, landlord groups call for rental assistance KC Tenants delays eviction hearings in Jackson County, blocking courthouse doors Share Updated: 5:41 PM CST Jan 5, 2021 KC Tenants delays eviction hearings in Jackson County, blocking courthouse doors Share Updated: 5:41 PM CST Jan 5, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript TENANTS AND LANDLORDS. NEW YEAR NEW ACTION TUESDAY THE GROUP KC-10S BLOCK THE DOORS DOORS OF THE JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE INDEPENDENCE DELAYING EVICTION CASES. I’M HOPING I DON’T HAVE TO GO IN THE STREETS KENNETH GOEBBELS EVICTION HEARING NOW DELAYED FOR A MONTH. YEAH. I’M MAKING IT. YOU KNOW, I LOST ONE JOB BECAUSE OF THE VIRUS. I HAD TO TAKE A PAY CUT GOBLE SAYS HE STRUGGLES LIKE OTHERS TO PAY RENT FOR A HOUSE IN DISREPAIR. THEY WANT TO BE HEARD, BUT THEY DON’T WANT ANYBODY ELSE TO BE HEARD. BUT LANDLORD GROUPS A KC-10 ITS ACTIONS AREN’T HELPING IF ANYBODY ELSE TRIED BLOCK AT COURT. ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY, THEY’D BE ARRESTED OTHERS SAY HOUSING PROVIDERS DON’T WANT TO EVICT PEOPLE INSTEAD GETTING THEM TO PROGRAMS TO HELP PAY RENT BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE TENANTS IN AREN’T PAYING HAVE BEEN THERE FOR YEARS AND MOST LANDLORDS ARE WORKING WITH THEM AS MUCH AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN BECAUSE THEY DON’T WANT TO EVICT THEM EITHER STILL CASEY TENANT HAS A GOAL TO STOP OLD OF FICTIONS IN JANUARY. IS IT NOT GOING TO HAPPEN AND GO AWAY OVERNIGHT? IT’S G