Heartland press releases:
Heartland Center’s Safe Homes for All program delivers major court victories for tenants
Heartland releases “The State of Eviction” report
Stonegate Tenants File Class Action Lawsuit
Stonegate Tenants' Demand Letter
Heartland featured in the press:
September 14, 2024. ‘Dogs live better’: Waldo Heights tenants sue over poor conditions at KC apartments.
May 22, 2024. KC Royals could have won the new stadium vote. Insiders reveal how it all went wrong.
January 4, 2024. Kansas City organization offering free legal representation to those facing eviction.
December 27, 2023. A Kansas City program has prevented more than 1,000 evictions since June 2022.
September 18, 2023. Rising rents leave more Kansas City tenants facing eviction.
October 4, 2023. Rising rents leave more Kansas City tenants facing eviction.
March 23, 2023. What if city renters had more political power?
April 13, 2023. Rats and black mold: Kansas City tenants sue Section 8 apartments for ‘unbearable’ neglect.
April 13, 2023. Class action lawsuit filed against Kansas City apartment complex.
April 12, 2023. Tenants at Kansas City apartment complex sue owner, property manager.
March 20, 2023. Kansas City prevented hundreds of evictions by providing attorneys. Now the program is growing.
January 12, 2023. Kansas City legal group, tenants, demand improvements at Stonegate Meadows.
October 3, 2022. In just 3 months, Kansas City's right-to-counsel program has helped nearly 400 tenants.
July 11, 2022. Kansas City’s eviction legal service helps nearly 150 residents in first month.
December 9, 2021. Kansas City renters will soon get free legal help in eviction court, in a win for KC Tenants.
December 9, 2021. Tenants’ Right to Counsel: How a new law could help you avoid eviction in Kansas City.
December 9, 2021. KCMO City Council approves 'Tenants' Right to Counsel': Provides free help to renters battling eviction.
December 9, 2021. ‘A win for Kansas City’: Council passes tenant’s right to counsel. Here’s why it matters.
December 8, 2021. Kansas City Council to vote Thursday on tenants’ right to counsel.
December 2, 2021. Kansas City tenants facing eviction would be guaranteed legal help under new ordinance.
December 2, 2021. ‘Keep a roof over our heads’: KC proposal would guarantee legal representation to tenants.
December 2, 2021. Sentenced to homelessness: Kansas City residents rally at City Hall for “Right to Counsel” ordinance.
September 23. 2021. ‘We can’t represent everyone we want’: In eviction court, most tenants fight their cases without a lawyer. Local advocacy groups say it’s time for Kansas City to pass a policy guaranteeing representation to all tenants in eviction court.
September 15, 2021. What you need to know about the second round of rental assistance in KC.
September 12, 2021. ‘The eviction crisis is real.’: It was years in the making. Covid-19 was the tipping point.
September 8, 2021. ‘People are running out of time’: With no eviction moratorium, tenants fear losing their homes.
August 31, 2021. Tenant and landlord advocates urge action to prevent evictions.
August 3, 2021. As 200,000 face eviction, Missouri sitting on $560M in federal rental aid.
August 2, 2021. Missouri’s eviction crisis could be a ‘humanitarian tragedy,’ advocates say: The federal eviction moratorium ended Saturday, and distribution of rental assistance has been slow.
July 6, 2021. Even when Kansas Citians find housing, dangerous building conditions make them sick.
June 24, 2021. Advocates See CDC Eviction Moratorium As A 'Band-Aid' To Kansas City’s Housing Crisis.
December 18, 2020. Surviving today: Landlords and tenants square off as eviction moratorium expires.
August 31, 2020. The pandemic has exposed how broken our housing system is: The failure to respond to the Covid housing crisis has created an eviction catastrophe for vulnerable renters.