Advocacy Issues and Calls to Action
This is the page to bookmark and refer back to when you want to know what is going on in your local, state, or federal government that will affect your industry.
Kansas City Missouri’s 1% Earnings Tax for Rental Property
1% Earnings Tax is for earned income. Ask your tax professional if rental income is earned income. Thie city of Kansas City Missouri has some new touchy feely, highly subjective, no idea how to apply rules that say your rental income should, maybe, might need to be taxed.
Housing Voucher BillsProposed Bills in Missouri on Housing VouchersHousing Voucher Bills
Legislation to Prohibit Local Governments from Requiring Private Property Owners to Accept Section 8 What started as two bills in the Missouri House and one in the Senate that would Prohibit local governments from requiring private property owners to accept Section 8 vouchers. Two bills seem to be the same
The Criminal as a Protected Class in Kansas City Missouri
Kansas City’s Second Chance Revolution – The Criminal as a Protected Class Kansas City Ordinance 241074—adopted on January 16, 2025—is often described as a “second chance” law. It amends sections of Chapter 2 (Administration) and Chapter 38 (Civil Rights) of the city’s Code of Ordinances to include persons with criminal
Propsed Kansas House Bill 2378
House Bill 2378 – a proposed measure designed to streamline the process for removing unauthorized occupants, or squatters, from residential properties. Dubbed the “Removal of Squatters Act”, this bill aims to empower property owners while addressing longstanding concerns over a lengthy and cumbersome eviction process.
Getting the Open Voucher Numbers Right in Kansas City Missouri
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas recently claimed that landlords’ legal challenges to the city’s Source of Income ordinance are preventing over 17,000 Kansas Citians with housing vouchers from finding stable housing. However, a deep dive into federal HUD data and discussions with local housing experts paint a much different picture.
Preliminary Injunction Against KCMO’s SOI Law
Federal court blocks Kansas City Missouri from enforcing part of a controversial ordinance requiring landlords to accept Section 8
Housing Providers Win Injunction Over Kansas City Missouri’s Source of Income Ordinance
Kansas City Housing providers win Preliminary Injuction over the Source Of Income Ordinance. A federal judge blocked the Kansas City Missouri Source Of Income Ordinance that required housing providers to not discriminate against potential renters based on their source of income. The injunction pertains to housing vouchers only. The City
MO HB 1086 Short Term Rental Taxes
MO HB 1086 Modifies provisions relating to the classification of certain residential real property used for short-term rentals Update 3/6/2025 Passed in the House and moving to the Senate Update: 2/13/2025: Our MO HB 1086 to protect the Residential Property Tax Classification is moving. There is a Hearing Scheduled for
Julie Anderson on the Propsed Removal of the Cares Act Eviction Notice Requirement
The U.S. Congress is currently deliberating a bill that seeks to eliminate a lingering provision
from the 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The Respect State
Housing Laws Act, introduced by Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), aims to repeal the federal
requirement mandating landlords to provide tenants with a 30-day notice before initiating
eviction proceedings.
UPDATE: Corporate Transparency Act
March 2, 2025On Sunday, March 2, 2025, the Secretary of the Treasury issued an announcement which dramatically changed the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and how it will be enforced. To understand how this came about, I went back and read the opening sections of the CTA and noticed that repeatedly, the
AN ACT concerning private rental housing; requiring landlords of government-subsidized housing to submit to code inspection by cities or counties; amending K.S.A. 12-16,138 and repealing the existing section. Thanks to Kyle Niemann for Updating us on this Bill: ” will change the city inspections to allow for inspections on rental
2025 Kansas SB100: Screening Issues, Evictions, Arrears
AN ACT concerning housing; relating to denial of housing or other adverse actions against tenants or prospective tenants on the basis of past evictions or rental arrears; prohibiting the reporting of evictions or rental arrears information by consumer reporting agencies or the use of such information by landlords for adverse
