Abstract
This article provides a general description of the Kansas City Municipal Court's Housing Court - its origin, jurisdiction, and process-and discusses the broader themes and competing interests at issue in its cases. Because detached single-family home cases take up most of the space on the dockets, the single-family home theme is a major thread in the fabric of this Article. At the same time, however-in the broader context of the municipal environment-every building, structure and open land is subject to building, zoning, and maintenance regulations. These regulations are pervasive in our modern society, and ensuring they are applied in a fair and practical way is the Housing Court's primary task.
Recommended Citation
Todd Wilcher,
Housing Court: A Balancing Act,
92
UMKC L. Rev.
661
(2024).
Available at:
https://irlaw.umkc.edu/lawreview/vol92/iss3/10
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