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Kansas City, Missouri's eastside struggles with blight and vacant lots.

Throughout Kansas City, there are at least 17,000 vacant lots roughly 20% of them owned by KCMO Land Bank.

"Generation after generation it's like when? We're overdue," said Rachel Riley, president of the East 23rd PAC Neighborhood Association. "We want to live in our community, not just survive."

Rachel Riley grew up and still lives on the eastside of Kansas City. For years, she has pushed for changes and resources for her community.

"Lack of not just housing for our senior citizens, housing for our children, the lack of," she said. "If you don't have those tools to survive, you'll get the crime, the killing, those unwanted things that come with blight, oppression and poverty."

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