Protections for renters, landlords rising to a head as eviction bans due to expire

The protections for renters against evictions in Jackson County are scheduled to expire June 1 — stirring anxiety among renters and landlords as another round of rent payments come due.

'That ain't right!' say tenants in KC virtual rally as concern over rents, mortgages grows

With so many jobless, so many fearing to join already swollen ranks of homeless, and both renters and landlords fearing mounting debt, the rally called for a statewide moratorium on rent and mortgage during the pandemic.

Debate is on: How do we protect tenants, landlords from post-pandemic evictions, debt

Evictions may be banned for now, but fear is building over what peril awaits both tenants and landlords on the other side of the COVID-19 pandemic.