The condemnation of the Aspen Place apartments, which abruptly forced hundreds of tenants out of their homes in Gardner, shocked Johnson County when it happened nine months ago.
That shock continued to ripple on Wednesday in a Kansas Senate hearing room, as former Aspen Place residents and housing aid representatives shared their stories in support of a change in landlord-tenant laws aimed at providing more protection to tenants forced into situations like what unfolded in Gardner last year.
The city of Gardner’s last-ditch decision to condemn Aspen Place last May displaced hundreds of residents from 188 units at the complex at 101 Aspen Place…