In November, the Johnson County commission allocated $137,654 of $6.35 million in federal funding — money originally slated to purchase the hotel for the proposed county homeless shelter — to ...

During a record-breaking week of cold temperatures in the Kansas City area, the Lenexa City Council approved Johnson County’s only homeless shelter to expand to 50 beds, as long as it follows a ...

However, the $10.5 million plan for the LaQuinta Inn off I-35 on 95th Street still faces an uphill battle. At last count in January Johnson County had 250 people who were homeless, 58 without shelter.

The Lenexa Planning Commission voted to deny the permit, but the City Council has the final say.

A growing wave of lawsuits is forcing cities to remove homeless encampments, even when no shelter is available.