This week the Wichita City Council approved the creation of land bank in Wichita. Land banks are used so the city can acquire distressed and abandoned properties and get them into the hands of nonprofits to fix them up and get housing to lower income residents. The Wichita Habitat for Humanity says this could make a huge impact in communities. “A lot of this really becomes a hazard to the neighbors,” said Ann Fox the executive director of Habitat for Humanity. Overgrown, boarded up and abandoned homes in Wichita might get a makeover sooner rather than later thanks to the Wichita City Council approving a land bank on Tuesday.
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