ORDINANCE NO. 210055
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Amending Article XIX, "Healthy Rental Homes" by repealing Section 34-848.1, "Prohibitions" and replacing it with a new section of like name and subject matter containing a new subsection (g), for the purpose of preventing the failure to rent or lease a rental unit based in whole or in part on prior evictions or other actions for failure to pay rent that occurred between February 1, 2020 and August 31, 2021.
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WHEREAS, the health care emergency created by the COVID-19 virus has
created a general economic emergency resulting in loss of jobs and wages, and
WHEREAS, this economic crisis has resulted in a high number of evictions or other loss of housing due to the inability to pay rent; and
WHEREAS, discrimination against persons having a prior eviction or accumulation of unpaid rent can make it impossible for persons to secure other housing, interrupting schooling and employment, exacerbating the homeless crisis in the City, increasing the burden on the City's resources, and delaying the economic recovery of the City; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That Article XIX, "Healthy Rental Homes" is hereby amended by repealing Section 34-848.1, "Prohibitions" and replacing it with a new section of like name and subject matter containing a new subsection (g), for the purpose of preventing the failure to rent or lease a rental unit based in whole or in part on prior evictions or other actions for failure to pay rent that occurred between February 1, 2020 and August 31, 2021, said section to read as follows:
Section 34-848.1 Prohibitions.
(a) No owner shall commit any act of housing discrimination, as described in section 38-105 of this code.
(b) For all residential leases and rental agreements first entered into after the effective date of this ordinance, no owner shall require a security deposit or any deposit of money or property, however denominated, which is furni...
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