KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Just days after Kansas City leaders approved a deal clearing the way for the Royals’ proposed downtown stadium, questions are already emerging over how millions of dollars in promised community investment will be distributed.
At the center of the latest debate is the $5 million the Royals agreed to put toward addressing homelessness in Kansas City.
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The money is intended to support the Housing Gateway Program, a public-private partnership designed to intervene in some of the city’s most severe cases of homelessness.
But an amendment added by Mayor Quinton Lucas is now drawing scrutiny from some council members and people who work directly with the Housing Gateway program…