Topeka receives $1.7M for homeless housing program

The City of Topeka will receive $1.7 million to help fund its homeless housing and service program from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. According to a City of Topeka spokesperson, along with an additional $51,737 in planning funds, this cash will go to Topeka’s Shelter Plus Care program. This announcement comes just one day after the city said their homeless population had increased since 2021 with its Point in Time Homeless Count. “Shelter Plus Care helps around 240 households on a given month,” Corrie Wright, Division Director of Housing Services for the City of Topeka, said. “This renewal of funding can help some of those unsheltered individuals in the community, as that number is increasing.”
Source: KSNT News