Dozens of Wichita families have moved into homes on N. Piatt, N. Ash, S. St. Clair, and other streets through a federally backed program that acquires properties, subsidizes them, and resells or rents them to lower-income households.
According to the city’s Affordable Housing Fund status report, the program started with a $5,000,000 ARPA allocation, later increased by $25,972 to $5,025,972 total. The running balance now stands at $2,510,171—meaning roughly half has been deployed and more homes could move through the pipeline before year’s end.
Most properties were purchased in late February 2025 and then sold to partners—primarily Wichita Habitat for Humanity (WHFH) and the nonprofit HOPE CDC—with subsidies attached…