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The city has been working to dispose of its 352 single-family public housing units since January 2022.
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The regulations follow a 2021 shooting at an Airbnb in Crown Heights, where one person died and three were injured.
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State law makes it illegal for landlords to retaliate against tenants for complaining to city inspectors, but there is no enforcement agency.
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Nonprofits and local governments are bracing for a strain on the shelter system as the city prepares to lose 10% of its beds for people experiencing homelessness.
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Tenants in Wichita say mold is an issue they deal with regularly, but there doesn’t seem to be a solution for getting it cleaned up.
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Tenants of Lew McGinnis say his apartments are in a state of disrepair, yet evictions are filed quickly and repeatedly.
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The Timbers has 100 wheelchair accessible apartments, but many are in need of an upgrade. A new construction project will demolish and replace 18 existing apartments.
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Retaliatory evictions are technically illegal, but some Wichita city officials say they happen anyway.
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A new report by Today’s Homeowner found white homeownership was about 29 percentage points higher than Black homeownership in Wichita in 2021.
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The number of Wichita veterans who face homelessness is increasing. To see how one community is addressing the issue, KMUW and The Community Voice visited the Veterans Community Project in Kansas City, Missouri.