Familiar Kansas City homeless services organization chosen to run Johnson County shelter
Johnson County is working toward purchasing an old Lenexa hotel to convert into a permanent homeless shelter.
Source: yahoo.com
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Johnson County is working toward purchasing an old Lenexa hotel to convert into a permanent homeless shelter.
“It’s a long time in the making,” Johnson County Chairman Mike Kelly said.
Johnson County home prices now average $500,000. Can anyone do anything about it?
Kansas’ most affluent county, with a surging homeless population, still lacks a permanent shelter. The county is finally poised to do something about it.
On Thursday, the Johnson County Board of Commissioners approved almost $4 million in federal dollars that will partially address its homelessness problems.