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President’s Note
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Santa Fe Town Homes
Interfaith Housing Services shall
develop, promote, and implement
programs which assist persons of low
to moderate incomes to meet their
housing needs.
It has been an incredibly exciting few months.
Interfaith Housing Services has had some
major accomplishments that have changed
the dynamic of our organization. After a long
process, Santa Fe Town Homes has begun
construction and we are excited to be able to
offer rental property within Dodge City. We have
also created the Abandoned Housing Program.
Interfaith Housing, as well as the City of Dodge
City, has begun work to organizing the structure
of this program and is excited to announce we
have selected the “Hinkle House” as our first
home to renovate.
Interfaith Housing Services is very pleased to announce
that the Santa Fe Town Homes project is underway.
This 18-unit project consists of 8 four-bedroom, 8 threebedroom, and 1 one-bedroom rental-housing complex.
This funding is available through the USDA Rural
Development Off- Farm Housing Program, as well as
the HOME/CHDO program provided by Kansas Housing
Resource Corporation.
Construction for this development is located on Brier
Street. Once completed next summer, this project will
be available to households involved in agricultural
production. The City of Dodge City completed the new
street and the entire infrastructure last spring, while the
Dodge City and Ford County Development Corporation
donated the land. Without their help, this project never
would have begun. Interfaith Housing Services is excited
about the housing opportunities this project will bring to
the community!
“This development will help larger families
with low incomes to have a great place to live
at an affordable rate,” John Scott, Interfaith
Housing Services, Inc.
Abandoned Housing Update
Within the last year, Interfaith Housing Services begun working with the City of Dodge City
and the Dodge City Community College to design a program to help get older deteriorating
and abandoned housing renovated and back into service. This is a very unique approach to
housing development that our organization is very excited about. Through this program, older
homes can be donated to IHS as a charitable donation, or purchased at a very reasonable
rate. Using the house as a training site for the Dodge City Community College Building
Trades program, the homes will be completely renovated and restored to meet full HUD
Housing Quality Standards and all local building codes. Once a house is complete, it is either
going to be sold or placed into the IHS Special Needs Rental Program.
Our organization also relocated our office
within Dodge City. We have moved from 607
South Second to 100 Military Plaza, Suite 104.
IHS would like to thank Ford County for all of
the help and support along our journey. Our
organization could not have made it as far as
we have today without your efforts.
Funding for this program became available from the Moderate Income Housing grant, provided by Kansas Housing Resources
Corporation, as well as matched dollars allocated from the City of Dodge City. This is the first year the State of Kansas has
funded this type of program and we are excited that Dodge City was one if the first to receive funding.
Through this program, older homes can be donated to Interfaith Housing Services. The property owner can then take a
charitable donation for the value of the property from their income tax. This is an excellent way for people to get rid of vacant
homes not in use. It is also a way to give back to the community, put more homes into usability, stabilize neighborhoods, and
create ownership opportunities for new members of the community.
Sincerely,
John Scott, President
For more information regarding this program, contact Kaci Davignon at [email protected].
Volume 1: Issue 1
2012