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Residents of Olive Park Village apartments are facing finding new homes during the holiday season after the Kansas City, Missouri Health Department found the complex unlivable.

30 families must vacate the property, with many relying on housing assistance that ends December 1. The timing adds an extra burden as families prepare for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.

Taryn Payne, a high school senior living with his mother, received a notice about two weeks ago that they needed to move.

"Thanksgiving is tomorrow and our oven don't even work," said Payne. "So, we'll have to figure something out tomorrow."

The abrupt nature of the forced move out has left families scrambling for solutions. Residents say they have received little support from propert

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