ReeceNichols, JuneteenthKC launching homebuying classes, aimed at helping Kansas City's Black community
A series of workshops will begin Saturday aimed at helping potential buyers in Kansas City's urban core.
The workshop teaches the basics: ways to work on credit, connecting people with lenders and banks and introducing people to home buying terms.
It's all geared towards Kansas City's Black community, which had been left out of the conversation for decades.
"In our community, there's a lot of people look like us, who don't know about homebuying, they're scared," said Kenya Lewis, a local realtor for ReeceNichols. "They don't realize they can actually purchase a home in less time than you would think, it just takes work. And we're helping them do the work."
Makeda Peterson from JuneteenthKC says the workshop is an opportunity to address the past and plan for the future.
"This program addresses the misdeeds of the past, and says this is what we need to do as bank partners, as real estate partners, social services agencies to really make this dynamic change," Peterson said. "I think it builds our pride in where we live. It balances the playing field."
Events of the past include red lining and housing legislation, Peterson said.
The first workshop is Saturday at the Black Archives of Mid-America from 12-2 p.m.