Though enrollment projections provided to the Lawrence school board in January predicted that the district would lose about 300 students over the next five year
photo by: Rochelle Valverde
The home at 812 Ohio St. is pictured on July 8, 2020. The City of Lawrence agreed to purchase the property as part of the settlement of a lawsuit.
When the City of Lawrence ended up the owner of a house in Old West Lawrence, it was not immediately clear what it would do with the property. But two local nonprofits have come forward with a use for the home that will benefit some of the city’s most vulnerable residents.
Tenants to Homeowners and the Willow Domestic Violence Center have partnered to create a new program that will use the house, at 812 Ohio St., as the residence of youth who are aging out of the state foster care system. TTH Executive Director Rebecca Buford said the partnership between the city, TTH and Willow meets a need that is hard to address otherwise.