Federal lawsuit says Kansas City Kansas Housing Authority extorted food benefits from tenants ^22.9%

KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR - By Peggy Lowe - 4/20/2026, 9:00 AM

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A federal lawsuit filed against the Kansas City Kansas Housing Authority alleges that a mother was forced to hand over her food benefits so she could get public housing. Andrea Randle, a Kansas City, Kansas, resident and mother to three boys, filed the civil lawsuit late last year, saying housing authority employees illegally used the... more