Lawonder Markham’s home is her comfort place — it’s where she raised her daughter, where she took care of her mother until she died and where she’s lived since 2003. But she didn’t own her home until July. It used to be public housing. The city of Wichita announced plans in January of 2022 to sell its 352 single-family public housing units. Tenants were given the option to begin the process to purchase and own their home. Markham leaped at the opportunity to purchase her home. “I’ve been through a lot of stuff in this house. I don’t want to lose my memories,” she said. Markham said the City was attentive to all of her needs throughout the process and it went “so smoothly.” “God didn’t want me to move; He wanted it to be my home because I got so many memories here, and I didn’t want to move,” she said.
Source: KLC Journal
