New neighbors in KCK: City streamlines short-term rental process for World Cup
Residents who want to rent out their Kansas City, Kansas, homes to visitors during the World Cup might have a smoother time applying to do so than before.
The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and KCK launched a resource page and new guidelines to help people get short-term rental licenses for the World Cup.
Those changes include temporarily removing a cap on how many short-term rentals can exist on a block in the city’s limits, making way for visitors to fill numerous homes and KCK neighborhoods.
“This process will allow for a faster and easier application process that is entirely digital through our online platform,” the Unified Government wrote in a news release last week.
The Kansas City metro will host six World Cup games between June 16 and July 11. The region is readying for up to 650,000 visitors, and short-term rentals will be key in housing all those visitors, according to the Unified Government.
In KCK, people are now permitted to apply for a temporary, 90-day license as of Feb. 18 on the government’s short-term rental license application page. That 90-day period will span May 4 to July 31. That process comes with a $50 application fee.
Operating a short-term rental without a government-issued license will result in $5,000 per-day fines. People who already have a license don’t have to re-apply for one, so long as that license hasn’t expired, according to the Unified Government.
To apply for that license, homeowners will need to submit an application form, proof of a third-party home inspection, and other required documents, according to the Unified Government. People should know if their application is approved within 10 days of applying.
“Launching our new simplified online short-term rental application allows KCK residents who want to rent their homes during the World Cup to benefit from the thousands of fans coming to our community,” said Alan Howze, assistant county administrator.
