Proposal offers options for Kansas tenants left homeless by neglectful landlords

By: Morgan Chilson

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: March 17, 2026

Words: 398

Last Updated: 4 months, 2 weeks ago

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TOPEKA — A bill giving legal options to tenants who lose their homes because of bad landlords passed the Senate on Tuesday, after an amendment that limited individual tenant’s right to sue.

Senate Bill 415 allows the Kansas Consumer Protection Act to prevail over the state’s Residential Landlord and Tenant Act when a landlord lets a dwelling become uninhabitable, said Sen. Doug Shane, a Louisburg Republican.

The legislation was written after a …

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