Hundreds of Kansas City tenants unionize over pest infestations: ‘My kids are traumatized’

In three apartment complexes stretching across the Kansas City metro, hundreds of renters have dealt with cockroaches, mice and flooding — but their landlord is more than 1,000 miles away in New York.

Now, a majority of residents at the complexes are unionizing to demand better living conditions.

The effort represents more than 476 units across three properties: Parker Square Apartments and Paraclete Manor Apartments in east Kansas City and Sage Crossing Apartments in Lee’s Summit. Tenants say they’ve dealt with mold, pests and unresponsive management…

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