A $100 million fund could spell more affordable housing in Kansas City

By: Thomas White

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: July 9, 2026

Words: 2,873

Last Updated: 1 week, 6 days ago

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The math of buying or renting a home in the Kansas City region has gotten increasingly out of hand.

Since 2010, home values in the area have risen nearly twice as fast as household incomes, Mid-America Regional Council Director of Economic Research Frank Lenk told the region’s leaders at a May board meeting. On top of that, the area is building housing at roughly half the pace it did before the Great Recession …

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