Topeka council gives tenants protection from landlords

TOPEKA (KSNT) — Topeka city leaders have approved an ordinance that gives tenants more protection from their landlords.

At Tuesday's city council meeting, the council members voted to pass an amendment to its retaliatory eviction ordinance, changing the way the city ordinance is written. The ordinance said tenants may be scared to defend their rights to clean, safe and sanitary residence due to fear of eviction.

According to new definitions in the ordinance, a tenant in "good...