Our Purpose: The Wichita Journalism Collaborative is a coalition of newsrooms and community partners joining forces to help meet news and information needs in and around Wichita. We aim to support and enhance quality local journalism.
We all desire a place to call home, but is affordable, quality housing out of reach for many Wichitans? The members of the Wichita Journalism Collaborative are working together to investigate and report on this issue. Learn more
Latest Priced Out Stories
Wichitans speak on County Commission Candidate forums
City of Wichita awards $1.3 million to developers to buy, renovate public housing units
KMUW | By Celia Hack The for-profit and nonprofit developers will ultimately sell or rent the…
Priced Out: WSU students learn about their rights as renters
By Carina Branson and Zena Taher/KSN-TV Students at Wichita State University learned about their rights…
Renovations, security upgrades in store for elementary school turned emergency shelter
By Matthew Kelly/The Wichita Eagle For the first time in over 100 years, Park Elementary School…
Is Housing First a cure for homelessness?
Alleviating homelessness by making the housing of an individual the first step is federally sanctioned…
Sedgwick County eviction filings continued to rise in 2023, hitting five-year high
KMUW | By Celia Hack Landlords, tenants and housing assistance nonprofits say inflation, rising rents and…
Despite more housing, Wichita seeing a 10% increase in rent
Real estate investor plays role in making properties liveable
Wichita property owner Mike Heldstab keeps rent affordable, builds relationships with tenants. by Loren Amelunke/Wichita Journalism…
Emergency shelter poised to open by Thanksgiving, MAC plans underway
Nonprofit, for-profit developers request public funds to renovate Wichita public housing units
Wichita journalists share insights on deep housing reporting
Kansas counted 2,800 homeless people this year. There are likely many more.
Point-in-time counts help local agencies spot gaps and allocate scarce resources. They also mobilize volunteers…
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