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Advocates ask county to release affordable housing funding study; commissioners warn state tax-credit cuts could reduce local housing production
Summary
Good Faith Network requested immediate release of a sustainable funding sources report for an affordable housing trust fund commissioned by the board in October 2023. Commissioners and staff warned that a Kansas bill to eliminate the affordable housing tax credit could sharply reduce new affordable units.
Roz Thorpe, co-chair of the Good Faith Network’s affordable housing team, told the Johnson County Board of County Commissioners on Feb. 20, 2025, that the group has formally requested release of a county report researching sustainable funding sources for an affordable housing trust fund that the board commissioned on Oct. 26, 2023.
"It's time to produce the report," Thorpe said, reading from an open letter signed by hundreds that asked the board for immediate release of the sustainable funding sources report. She said the report is essential for informed policy decisions and urged full support for…
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