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Mayor says Topeka exploring tiny-home model for transitional and affordable housing
Summary
After visiting an Eden Villages site in Kansas City, the mayor said Topeka staff are examining tiny-home models as transitional and potentially long-term housing options and that vacant lots around town could provide siting opportunities pending operational planning and community engagement.
The mayor described a recent visit to an Eden Villages tiny-homes development in Kansas City and said the city is looking at similar models to provide affordable and transitional housing for people experiencing unsheltered homelessness.
"We are trying to develop some sort of similar program here in the city of Topeka," the mayor said, noting the importance of on-site visits to understand operations, management and community impacts. He said tiny homes can be a transitional step out of unsheltered situations and that the city has vacant lots that may be appropriate for such projects, but emphasized that questions remain about who would operate programs and where they would be sited.
During Q&A a council member asked specifically where tiny homes might go; the mayor said many vacant parcels exist and that engaging neighborhoods early would be part of the process.
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