Andrea Randle filed a federal civil lawsuit against the Kansas City Kansas Housing Authority alleging that housing authority employees coerced her into surrendering her federal food benefits — likely Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits — as a condition of receiving public housing. The suit names the authority's director, Andrea Tapia, alleging she knew of the scheme and took no action to stop it. Randle and her three sons allegedly went without food benefits while authority employees used those benefits for personal gain. The complaint raises claims of federal benefits fraud and civil rights violations tied to the administration of federally funded housing.
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Media Coverage · April 20, 2026
A federal civil lawsuit accuses the Kansas City Kansas Housing Authority of extorting food benefits from a tenant as a condition of receiving public housing. Plaintiff Andrea Randle alleges that housing authority employees took her Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) card and used it across town to buy thousands of dollars in groceries for themselves — while she and her three sons went without food. The
newspaper Read articleA federal lawsuit filed against the Kansas City Kansas Housing Authority alleges that a mother was forced to hand over her food benefits so she could get public housing. Andrea Randle, a Kansas City, Kansas, resident and mother to three boys, filed the civil lawsuit late last year, saying housing authority employees illegally used the federal benefits for themselves. The suit says the authority’s director, Andrea Tapia, knew about the scheme and did nothing to stop it. While she and her sons wen
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A federal civil lawsuit accuses the Kansas City Kansas Housing Authority of extorting food benefits from a tenant as a condition of receiving public housing. Plaintiff Andrea Randle alleges that housing authority employees took her Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) card and used it across town to buy thousands of dollars in groceries for themselves — while she and her three sons went without food. The suit names authority director Andrea Tapia, alleging she knew about the scheme and let it continue.
A federal lawsuit filed against the Kansas City Kansas Housing Authority alleges that a mother was forced to hand over her food benefits so she could get public housing. Andrea …
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