Kansas City may gut its affordable housing policy under an ordinance being considered by the City Council.
The proposal would be a major rollback of the city’s affordable housing ordinance, passed in 2021, which requires any developer getting a tax break to “set aside” 20% of housing units at affordable rents.
If a developer doesn’t want to provide those affordable housing units, they have the option of paying an “in lieu” fee to the city’s affordable housing trust fund…