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Kansas City dual tenant unions reauthorize rent strike for a second month

Tenants at two troubled apartment buildings in the Kansas City area have voted to authorize a second month of rent strikes, continuing what organizers say is the longest-running rent strike in regional history.

Residents at Independence Towers in Independence and Quality Hill Towers in Kansas City embarked on the dual rent strike Oct. 1, withholding $60,000 in rent payments. As of Nov. 1, tenants are withholding an additional $65,000, bringing the now $125,000 labor action into its fifth week.

Tenants of both buildings formed unions this year with housing justice organization KC Tenants, with Independence Towers residents unionizing in May and Quality Hill residents joining in September.

Both buildings have been plagued for months, if not years, by serious issues with plumbing, nonfunctional heat and cooling, flooding, mold, holes in walls and ceilings and infestations of pests including mice and cockroaches. Independence