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 ...

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.