Kansas City's Northeast Newscast

159: MergingKC Houses the Unsheltered

November 21, 2020 Abby Hoover Episode 159
Kansas City's Northeast Newscast
159: MergingKC Houses the Unsheltered
Show Notes

This week's episode of the Northeast Newscast dives deeper into the issues surrounding homelessness in Kansas City. Merging KC is working with residents, organizations and volunteers to build a regulated campsite for unhoused members of the community as winter weather approaches. We're talking to founder Houston DeFoe about the camp, longterm solutions to homelessness, how his experience with private security formed his perspective, and the barriers they are overcoming to make this idea reality.