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Kansas Court of Appeals judges hear arguments in Landlords of Lawrence lawsuit against city
A group of Lawrence landlords have taken their argument against the city’s ordinance meant to ensure voucher recipients can find housing to a higher court.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Kansas Court of Appeals judges hear arguments in Landlords of Lawrence lawsuit against city
A group of Lawrence landlords have taken their argument against the city’s ordinance meant to ensure voucher recipients can find housing to a higher court.
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A home costs more than ever in Kansas. The 2008 housing crisis is part of the reason
Demand for homes in Kansas is high, but construction of new homes has been slow for more than a decade, making it even more difficult for buyers to purchase an affordable or middle-market home. That likely won’t be changing any time soon.
Groundbreaking ceremony set for Delmar Place Apartments, new affordable housing for seniors
A groundbreaking ceremony will mark the start of construction for Delmar Place Apartments, a new affordable housing development for older people with low incomes.
LDCFM’s Mobile Integrated Health team shares progress update
The Mobile Integrated Health team, which includes two Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical technicians, aims to meet people where they are and help them with their medical needs to avoid use of emergency services in the future.
Forget the stereotypes. Many homeless Kansans have jobs but can’t afford a place to live
Advocates say homelessness in Kansas is mainly caused by a lack of affordable housing, not issues like mental health. Efforts to increase housing stock have built thousands of new units, but it’s not enough, and some communities oppose new developments.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Lawrence Community Shelter plans 2 people per Pallet shelter behind building; Monarch Village to reopen
The Lawrence Community Shelter is planning to randomly assign two unhoused people night by night to sleep inside each of the 24 Pallet shelters — tiny cabins — to be built behind the main shelter.
Mackenzie Clark/Lawrence Times
‘It’s not right’: Pallet village guests voice concerns about Lawrence’s community for unhoused people
Sarah Swan was apprehensive about moving from a camp into Pallet shelter village. Now, as one of dozens of people who have been exited back to the streets, she’s angry, sad and concerned about how the program is being operated.
Maya Hodison/Lawrence Times
Douglas County Commission candidates share stances on affordable housing, development incentives, wind energy
Candidates running for Douglas County Commission see the commission’s role in securing more affordable housing differently, they discussed during the Lawrence Board of Realtors forum Wednesday.
August Rudisell / The Lawrence Times
Reminder: City, county to host meeting on extreme weather shelter plans
An informational meeting Thursday afternoon is open to anyone who would like to learn more about providing shelter during extreme weather conditions.
Tom Harper/Lawrence Times
Tom Harper: Don’t call it ‘flipping’ – Mike Randolph wants to revive old houses, create good homes (Column)
”Housing is a fundamental need, and Mike Randolph has been helping address that need in Lawrence for many years,” Tom Harper writes in this column.
Mackenzie Clark/Lawrence Times
Inside outreach: Visiting Lawrence camps with the city’s Homeless Response Team
“Hello! Outreach! Anybody here?”
Following Lawrence’s Homeless Response Team members on their visits to camps shed light on the issues both simple and complex that some folks living outside are facing.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Lawrence community members call for city to ‘stop the sweep’ of Amtrak camp
Several Lawrence community members, both housed and unhoused, pleaded with city commissioners Tuesday not to close the camp where people are living behind the Amtrak station in East Lawrence.
Lawrence Times file photo
‘We’re not just loading people on a bus,’ Lawrence’s homeless solutions director says
Questions have surfaced about the city’s policy to prioritize Douglas County residents with homelessness services — among them, how does someone without an address prove they live here? Here’s more about the policy, its purpose and how it’s played out over the last few months.
Maya Hodison/Lawrence Times
Event set to provide resources to folks living outside in Lawrence
Nearly two dozen service agencies and organizations will be present at an event Tuesday to provide services to people and pets who are living outside in Lawrence.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
‘Non-resident homeless’ people will be sent to their ‘place of origin’ under Lawrence policy
The City of Lawrence released new details Tuesday about its policy to serve primarily people who are from Douglas County with homelessness resources, and to send others elsewhere.
Lawrence’s emergency shelter spaces will rely on community organizations this winter
The local homeless response team is asking churches and organizations to offer people a warm place to sleep this winter, rather than opening community buildings that have been used in the past.
Molly Adams/Lawrence Times
Mother, son to own new zero net energy Habitat for Humanity home in Eudora
A Eudora mother and son are set to become first-time homeowners as they prepare to move into their newly built zero net energy house.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Webinar to share how Lawrence community members, faith groups can help with emergency shelter efforts
Douglas County Emergency Management will host an informal webinar Monday for community members interested in learning about plans for extreme weather emergency shelter.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Lawrence City Commission agrees to put sales tax increase on ballot, continues discussion of 2025 budget
Lawrence city commissioners decided Tuesday that they will ask Lawrence residents to vote on whether to approve a sales tax increase to fund homelessness programs. Otherwise, much of the 2025 city budget is still up for discussion.
Mackenzie Clark / Lawrence Times
Some Amtrak camp residents not surprised by City of Lawrence plan to vacate area
Some of the people living at the campsite behind the Amtrak station said Friday that they knew the City of Lawrence would likely soon close the camp. “All communities come to an end,” one said.
Mackenzie Clark/Lawrence Times
City of Lawrence to close camp behind Amtrak Station
The City of Lawrence announced Friday that it is closing the camp where people are living behind the Amtrak Station in East Lawrence.
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