Thread by @KCTenants

In February, Krisi signed a lease with Reliable Properties on a home in her kids' school district, after paying almost $6,000 in deposits plus first/last month’s rent. A few weeks earlier, she’d finally found a job that paid a decent wage. Things were looking up for her family.

Then COVID hit. Krisi's employer shut down. Krisi took the first job she could find at a Dollar Store, but it came with a $4/hr pay cut. Krisi couldn't pay her bills. She tried to make a plan with Reliable Properties to pay rent in $50 or $100 chunks, but they weren’t having it.

Reliable Properties evicted Krisi as soon as they could. Krisi got summoned to court in June. She was told that if she couldn’t come up with $2555 in 10 days, a Sheriff would remove her family from the property. Like most of us, Krisi doesn’t have access to that kind of cash.

This Tuesday, a Sheriff and a landlord rep kicked Krisi out of her home. They made a plan to call animal control while the LL rep changed the locks. When Krisi got home from work, she would be locked out, without her clothes, meds, food, important paperwork, and without her dog.

“Not my problem she doesn’t have anywhere to go.”
“She can go screw someone else out of rent.”
“People are so privileged these days, just look at the Democratic Party.”
“My heart doesn’t bleed for these people.”

These are some of the LL rep's comments as he executed the eviction

A police officer told Krisi to “bust a move.” The Sheriff berated her, telling her she was trespassing as she packed up her children’s clothes. On Tuesday Krisi began her journey as a homeless single mom. She is now spending $600/week to live in an extended stay hotel.

ALL EVICTIONS ARE AN ACT OF VIOLENCE. With every eviction we allow right now, we are saying we believe landlords’ profits are more important than people’s lives. And that ain’t right.

Thousands of families in Jackson County have been displaced since May 31. COVID cases are on the rise in Missouri. If you are reading this and wondering how we got here, look to Presiding Judge David Byrn of the 16th Circuit Judicial Court. Look to @GovParsonMO.

Judge Byrn signed the first eviction moratorium back in March. And now he claims he doesn't have jurisdiction to reinstate it? Look at this response his court sent to our demands yesterday.

Make it make sense.

TAKE ACTION TODAY:

🐃 DONATE to Krisi’s gofundme: bit.ly/KrisiFund
🐃 CALL/EMAIL Judge David M. Byrn and demand a reinstatement of the eviction moratorium for six months