Topeka gets $750K grant from FHL Bank to help low-income homeowners with housing violations restore their property

The city of Topeka has been awarded a $750,000 grant from Federal Home Loan Bank for a program that works with low-income homeowners with housing violations to help them restore their properties.

Funds for the property maintenance violation rehabilitation program will be available around Jan. 1, the city said in a news release.

“Many of the people we serve are not only low-income but elderly and sometimes disabled. This grant will allow us to help over 50 families with property maintenance rehabilitation on their homes in the upcoming year,” said Corrie Wright, division director of housing services for the neighborhood relations department.

“We’re so excited,” she said. “It’s a big boost.”