Housing Solutions

Jamal Collier, program advisor for Lotus Care House

Winter is Coming: The Unhoused Still Seeking Solutions in KC

By Vicky Diaz-Camacho, Cody Boston, Catherine Hoffman | October 21, 2021

Here’s what you need to know about the housing crisis as the homeless and unsheltered community in Kansas City braces for winter.

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Myranda Agnew and Kevin Hawkins at the Community of Hope in Leavenworth

The Hidden Homeless of Rural America

By Cami Koons | October 19, 2021

Unhoused people in rural areas of Kansas and Missouri often go unseen and unhelped.

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code enforcement officer DeJuan Carpenter removes screws from the piece of wood blocking entry to 2404 Monroe Ave., a vacant home in the Land Bank Program. (Cody Boston | Flatland)

Can $1 Houses Help the Unhoused in Kansas City?

By Catherine Hoffman, Vicky Diaz-Camacho, Cody Boston | July 7, 2021

The Land Bank of Kansas City is offering vacant homes for $1 to help address homelessness. It’s unclear how many groups will step up to fix the houses to be occupied.

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