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Topeka housing officials warn state tax‑credit phase‑out could stall future affordable construction; council advances local development steps
Summary
At a March 10 Topeka City Council meeting, the Topeka Housing Authority updated the council on neighborhood partnerships, new housing projects and programs for vulnerable residents and cautioned that a pending phase‑out of the Kansas housing tax credit could threaten affordable development; the council approved zoning and RHID steps for local duplex projects and set a TIF public hearing for a townhome rehabilitation.
Trey George, president and CEO of the Topeka Housing Authority, told the Topeka City Council on March 10 that the agency’s long‑running neighborhood partnerships and service programs are expanding as demand for affordable homes continues to grow, but a roll‑back of the state housing tax credit threatens that pipeline.
George outlined partnerships that sustain the Pine Ridge neighborhood — including a nurse‑practitioner led Pine Ridge Family Health Center that has served more than 2,700 unique patients and recorded roughly 11,000 encounters — as well as new efforts such as a foster‑youth housing voucher pilot and participation in the countywide plan to end chronic homelessness. He said the state housing tax credit was a key reason “we will soon have a total of 426 affordable homes under construction” in Topeka and warned that the credit is scheduled to phase out by 2028 unless lawmakers act.
“Anything you can do to help encourage that state housing tax credit,” George said, “it’s definitely needed,” adding that the loss of…
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