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by phuqueue
Wed Nov 01, 2023 8:08 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?
Replies: 437
Views: 174982

Re: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?

Explain to me how a development that doesn't directly displace anyone will cost KCT their homes. Why must the specific development "directly" displace someone for KCT to be concerned that it will ultimately cost them their homes? That seems like an exceptionally narrow way to look at the ...
by phuqueue
Sun Oct 29, 2023 3:54 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?
Replies: 437
Views: 174982

Re: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?

It's not going to cost them their homes. You know what will? Not building housing and letting our existing housing stock slowly rot. That will cost people their homes. Just look at the Eastside. And, social housing and the housing trust fund alone won't prevent that. There's not enough money there....
by phuqueue
Wed Oct 25, 2023 7:37 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?
Replies: 437
Views: 174982

Re: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?

The thing is that I don't care whether they're "anti-capitalist" or not. I've never argued the point. I've pretty explicitly not taken a position on it either way, because regardless, I think it's the wrong thing to highlight, for reasons I've already explained. But I think the actual docu...
by phuqueue
Tue Oct 24, 2023 10:01 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?
Replies: 437
Views: 174982

Re: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?

For what it's worth, I found the document I remembered seeing: https://kctenants.org/assets/uploads/kc-tenants-people-s-housing-platform-2-.pdf Looking through it again, it doesn't suggest any kind of hardline refusal to accept any proposal that includes private developers or landlords. On the contr...
by phuqueue
Fri Oct 20, 2023 12:47 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?
Replies: 437
Views: 174982

Re: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?

Well, rather than "gnash [my] teeth on an internet message board" the past two years, I've been out trying to build new housing in the city. Which probably means I've done more for tenants in the city than KCT has over the same time frame. But if we are at the point where you are just ins...
by phuqueue
Thu Oct 19, 2023 2:29 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?
Replies: 437
Views: 174982

Re: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?

I think that if KC or Jackson County proposed a program like Montgomery County's, you would probably see some (well-earned, in my opinion) distrust from KCT about what the program will actually do and who it will really benefit that would need to be overcome. And the Montgomery County program does h...
by phuqueue
Tue Oct 17, 2023 2:46 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?
Replies: 437
Views: 174982

Re: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?

"Landlord rights" aren't just as crucial as tenant rights. Just because there are two parties to an agreement, it doesn't mean that the interests of each party in the agreement are equal. Striking a balance is, as you say, essential, but a proper balance must account for the in fact starkl...
by phuqueue
Mon Oct 16, 2023 9:06 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?
Replies: 437
Views: 174982

Re: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?

If you think that helping landlords "protect their property rights and investments efficiently" is as important as -- or more important than -- keeping people in their homes and off of the streets, then no, you don't appreciate how serious eviction is. When someone gets run over by a car, ...
by phuqueue
Sat Oct 14, 2023 5:33 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?
Replies: 437
Views: 174982

Re: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?

I'm not sure in what world I could possibly be convinced that looser eviction rules are actually good for tenants, but it's not this one. There is zero reason to believe landlords wouldn't abuse an "easy and quick" eviction process, and it stands to reason that those tenants with "que...
by phuqueue
Fri Oct 13, 2023 10:07 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?
Replies: 437
Views: 174982

Re: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?

Chris, I appreciate your post (which I won't quote, just due to length), but I think you are making the same mistake as Anthony made when he suggested that my argument was that "every single" eviction is an evil landlord. I haven't made any sweeping generalization about "all landlords...
by phuqueue
Thu Oct 12, 2023 6:35 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?
Replies: 437
Views: 174982

Re: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?

Pretending that every single instance of eviction is some evil landlord who is preying on lower and lower middle class is a completely disingenuous stance, and the majority of us calling that out is somehow frowned upon? Okay. Pretending that anybody except you said "every single" anythin...
by phuqueue
Wed Oct 11, 2023 9:18 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?
Replies: 437
Views: 174982

Re: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?

lol, imagine being flabbergasted that an organization made up mainly of low income volunteers was not interested in spending its limited resources helping "wealthy tenants in affluent areas and nice buildings." Maybe the wealthy tenants should consider pooling their resources to hire a la...
by phuqueue
Tue Oct 10, 2023 1:28 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?
Replies: 437
Views: 174982

Re: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?

lol, imagine being flabbergasted that an organization made up mainly of low income volunteers was not interested in spending its limited resources helping "wealthy tenants in affluent areas and nice buildings." Maybe the wealthy tenants should consider pooling their resources to hire a law...
by phuqueue
Mon Oct 09, 2023 6:02 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?
Replies: 437
Views: 174982

Re: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?

You got me. I am actually DCole's sockpuppet.
by phuqueue
Mon Oct 09, 2023 3:58 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?
Replies: 437
Views: 174982

Re: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?

I’m not going to waste my time reading a post from, or be lectured by, someone whose username is literally “fuck you”. :roll: A bit of hyperbole there. KC Tenants need to stick to representing tenants and making life better for them. They absolutely do not understand supply and demand (or maybe the...
by phuqueue
Mon Oct 09, 2023 9:50 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?
Replies: 437
Views: 174982

Re: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?

We need to be build more housing, not less. We need the market to flood with new residential units to meet demand in order to prevent rent from increasing. But landlords don't want to prevent rent from increasing. The developers and landlords on this forum of all people should understand that your ...
by phuqueue
Sun Oct 08, 2023 12:30 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?
Replies: 437
Views: 174982

Re: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?

After several years of following this topic, KCRAG remains the only place I have ever seen people complain about KC tenants. Anyone I know irl who has any opinion on them sees them in a positive light, which makes the vitriol on this board all the more alarming. I’m not even a direct supporter of t...
by phuqueue
Wed Sep 27, 2023 8:46 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Reddit
Replies: 38
Views: 62587

Re: Reddit

Twitter/X, like Reddit, will continue being a massively used social media platform despite the rise of copycats. When others require you to have a code to join and others are tailored to folks of specific political leanings, most will just stick to the existing. They're familiar, people know how to...
by phuqueue
Tue Sep 26, 2023 6:03 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Capping the Loop
Replies: 2567
Views: 449413

Re: Capping the Loop

Cordish was a hundred years old when the deal was stuck, so I find it hard to believe they staked the entire company's continued existence ("risked it all") on this one deal, but hey, maybe they did, I don't know. It wouldn't move me either way. Business deals are supposed to entail risk. ...
by phuqueue
Tue Sep 26, 2023 8:07 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Capping the Loop
Replies: 2567
Views: 449413

Re: Capping the Loop

I'm not sure I'd say that Cordish "risked it all." The city is the one picking up the tab for P&L's revenue shortfall. The city is the one who hired the firm who organized the tax revenue projections. I’m not sure how that is any developers fault. No other developer stepped up after a...