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Topeka Jump urges sustained funding for affordable housing trust fund, seeks city support for violence intervention and low-barrier shelter
Summary
Topeka Jump leaders told the Citizens Government Review Committee the city’s recent one-time investment in the Affordable Housing Trust Fund is a start but that sustained funding is needed; they also reported $600,000 in private startup funds for a community violence intervention program and urged city support for a low-barrier shelter.
Sarah Bowser, lead organizer for Topeka Jump, told the Citizens Government Review Committee the coalition’s top priority is increasing affordable housing in Topeka and pressed the committee to treat follow-through mechanisms as a standing item.
“The first priority for us is, increasing the amount of affordable housing in Topeka,” Bowser said, citing a 2020 city housing market study that identified a shortage of more than 10,000 affordable homes for low-income families.
Bowser said the city has taken recent steps to activate an Affordable Housing Trust Fund: “So far, the city has invested, $750,000 of 1…
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