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Tag: affordable housing

Aujanae Bennett, president of the neighborhood association in Northeast Millair
Posted inLocal Government

Why dozens of Wichita public housing units are sitting vacant

Avatar photo by Celia Hack January 18, 2022August 7, 2022

Aujanae Bennett wants to see her Northeast Millair neighborhood flourish — children playing in the streets, clean lawns and driveways, pride in the community.  But the 41 city-owned homes dominating the northwest corner of her neighborhood are an obstacle to that, Bennett said. Over the past four years, she’s noticed the homes have been vacated […]

December Markham stands outside her home on North Piatt Street, which she rents from the city of Wichita. A new affordable housing fund may invest money in rehabilitating public housing like hers. (Fernando Salazar/The Beacon)
Posted inLocal Government

An affordable housing fund is on the horizon in Wichita. Here’s what that means.

Avatar photo by Celia Hack December 6, 2021August 7, 2022
The Studios, an apartment complex for people transitioning out of homelessness, was renovated from a former hotel last summer. (Alex Unruh/The Beacon)
Posted inLocal Government

How should the city spend its federal COVID recovery dollars? Wichitans weigh in

Avatar photo by Celia Hack July 27, 2021August 7, 2022

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