After losing everything in apartment fire, KC tenants rally to action: 'We deserved more'
Shampelle Davis, a mother of three, lost everything after a fire in her Kansas City apartment building on April 11.
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Shampelle Davis, a mother of three, lost everything after a fire in her Kansas City apartment building on April 11.
KC's Quality Hill Towers is the latest apartment building with a tenant union as activist groups continue to grow across the city.
Residents at Quality Hill Towers in downtown Kansas City did not have water over the long weekend. In the face of ongoing problems like cockroaches, bed bugs and leaks, they unionized.
Mac Properties sent a notice to residents on March 22 saying all must vacate the property by April 30. Residents later received a secondary letter stating the notice was sent in error.
Chicago-based Mac Properties was seeking tax incentives from the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority for a $100 million apartment and retail project in Midtown with no units designated as "affordable." City Council rejected a similar request last year.