Charlie Wheeler gets a reprieve on foreclosed house
Former Mayor Charles Wheeler will get to stay in his foreclosed house. For a little while longer, anyway. Earlier this week, The Kansas City Star‘s Steve Kraske reported that the beloved Wheeler was being forced out of the house on West 53rd Street because he owed $40,000 in back taxes and insurance payments.
James B. Nutter was going to auction the home, which Wheeler has lived in for 40 years, on the Jackson County Courthouse steps today. But, in a press release, the company says it will give Wheeler until July 1 to move. “The best thing for Charles to do is find a place to live that is smaller, more manageable and more affordable,” the statement said.
