A local nonprofit dedicated to affordable housing and homelessness said it was “thoroughly examining” concerns raised last week after a fire at a property formerly owned by two members of its board of directors . Restart, Inc. released a statement on social media Friday evening that its board has been notified of the fire in Kansas City’s historic Northeast neighborhood. The fire cut off heating and utilities for several days to a group of mainly Burmese refugees living in an apartment complex along North Lawn Avenue. The property formerly owned by FTW Investments sold last week according to Jackson County property records. PREVIOUS REPORT Residents of Northeast KC apartments go days without heat Heat, electricity slowly returns to KC apartments, but problems remain City records show at least 18 311 calls on property address since December 2021, including complaints about overflowing trash and people entering the building illegally. FTW Investments partners Parker Webb and Logan Freeman hold positions on the board of Restart. Local tenant rights group KC Tenants called for their removal from the council last week citing the condition of the property. intention to cease their efforts to help end homelessness in Kansas City. Hardin, in an updated statement released Tuesday, reiterated that someone who did not legally belong to the site “managed to break in, start a fire and endanger the lives and well-being of all residents in the building.” Hardin said FTW has partnered with the city to provide housing and food options for residents and continues to pay for a resident’s housing, food and transportation, even if they no longer own the property. problem, but at every step of the way FTW has worked to correct problems with properties as they are identified and will continue to do so,” Hardin said in a statement. KMBC 9 Investigates will continue to work with city officials, including the Healthy Homes Rental Inspection Program of Kansas City, Missouri If you have a complaint about your apartment, you can contact the Healthy Homes Program at 816-513-6464.
A local nonprofit dedicated to affordable housing and homelessness said it was “thoroughly examining” concerns raised last week after a fire at a property formerly owned by two members of its board of directors .
Restart, Inc. released a statement on social media Friday evening saying that its board has been notified of the fire in Kansas City’s historic Northeast neighborhood.
The fire knocked out the heat and utilities for several days for a group of mainly Burmese refugees living in an apartment complex along North Lawn Avenue. The property formerly owned by FTW Investments sold last week according to Jackson County property records.
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City records show at least 18 311 calls on the property’s address since December 2021, including reports of trash overflowing and people entering the building illegally.
FTW Investments partners Parker Webb and Logan Freeman hold positions on the board of Restart. Local tenant rights group KC Tenants called for their removal from council last week citing the condition of the property.
Last week, when asked if Webb and Freeman would step down by Restart board spokesman Mike Hardin, he said in an emailed statement “They have no plans to cease their efforts to help end homelessness in Kansas City.”
Hardin, in an updated statement released Tuesday, reiterated that someone who did not legally belong to the site “managed to break in, start a fire and endanger the lives and well-being of all residents in the building.”
Hardin said FTW has partnered with the city to provide housing and food for residents and continues to pay for a resident’s housing, food and transportation, even if they no longer own the property.
“The pattern of burglaries and fires in the Northeast is not a new problem, but every step of the way FTW has worked to correct problems with properties as they have been identified and will continue to do so,” Hardin said. in a statement.
KMBC 9 Investigates will continue to work with city officials, including the Kansas City, Missouri Healthy Home Rental Inspection Program. If you have a complaint about the apartments, you can contact the Healthy Homes program at 816-513-6464.
