A church whose request to operate a temporary homeless shelter was opposed by the city of Lenexa will be able to do so after all.
Under a settlement reached on Friday, Shawnee Mission Unitarian Universalist Church will be allowed to use its building, a former elementary school, to house up to 30 homeless adults overnight from Dec. 13 through April 1 and for the next three years.
The agreement also calls for the city to work with the church to craft an ordinance permitting homeless ministries in Lenexa.
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