A photo shows a small Kansas City home devastated by fire: half the facade completely scorched, windows and doors gone, debris strewn in the yard and a porch roof that appears to have melted.
The city declared the Van Brunt Boulevard home to be dangerous in 2021, meaning it posed a threat to the public’s safety and would either need to be repaired or demolished.
Now, that same home in the Lykins neighborhood in northeast Kansas City was listed for sale for $125,000 earlier this year as a fully remodeled, cute blue bungalow. That came after the neighborhood association took legal action using tools under Missouri law starting in 2020 to address nuisances…