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Housing & Community Services
Mission
… to provide housing and related services to benefit the citizens and neighborhoods of Wichita
Vision
… to help people make Wichita home – where the “heart” is!
Values
- Respectfully helping others achieve safe, affordable housing
- Empowering people and improving neighborhoods
- Making a difference – right where people live
- Investing in people with their housing needs
We receive grant funding through the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Kansas Housing Resources Corporation.
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Public Housing is accepting applications from individuals aged 50 and over, households with four or more family members, and disabled head of households. The disability must be as determined by Social Security. If you meet this criteria and would like to complete an application, please do so at 332 N. Riverview, between 8 AM - 5 PM, Monday-Friday. If you have questions, please email Mary Williams-Bey at mbey@wichita.gov.
Section 8 is accepting applications. If you would like to complete an application, please do so at 332 N. Riverview between 8 AM-5 PM, Monday-Friday or apply online at Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Application. The application period will remain open until further notice.
| 2007-2008 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) |
Department staff achieve the "housing" portion of the mission through managing 578 units of Public Housing, administering over 2,500 Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers, providing funds for home repair for low income homeowners, and providing down payment and closing cost assistance for first-time homebuyers. Several special populations are served in the department's housing services, including prisoners returning to Wichita from Kansas prisons (Prisoner Reentry), homeless veterans and the chronically homeless population (Housing First).
For the next several months, the Department will feature a different housing program that illustrates our vision "to help people make Wichita home - where the heart is!"
Homeless Programs--Housing First Program
In the spring of 2008, the Task Force on Ending Chronic Homelessness (TECH) presented a report to the Sedgwick County Commission and the Wichita City Council, with five specific recommendations. The Housing and Community Services Department is operating one of the recommendations, "Housing First". The Housing First program is designed to place 64 chronically homeless persons in permanent housing while case managers offer community resources to help them become stable. Housing First will pay the full amount of rent or a portion if/when the participant has income and can contribute to the rent amount. Housing First will also pay utility costs, as needed and other costs associated with housing--application fees, deposits, and moving expenses. Household goods are also made available as a result of donations from local companies. The program is funded in the 2009 and 2010 City and County budgets.
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