A proposal by Kansas City-based nonprofit Metro Lutheran Ministry to rehab 16 low-income housing units at yet-to-be-determined locations in Johnson County got a green light Thursday from county commissioners, who praised it as an important step toward helping an underserved population.
The 16 units make only a small dent in the shelter needs for people who have been “chronically homeless” for more than a year, many of them with disabilities, commissioners acknowledged.
In fact, the need for housing for the lowest-income population is estimated at 7,500 units, said Heather McNeive, the county housing services director…