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$300,000 grant assists Chanute housing

The City of Chanute has received a $300,000 Moderate-Income Housing Grant from the Kansas Housing Resources Corporation to fund the City of Chanute Land Bank, the Chanute Housing Improvement Program (CHIP), and to build a new multifamily housing unit for Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center’s Foundation. “This grant, in conjunction with the Land Bank and CHIP, are just the start of addressing our housing issues,” Chanute Regional Development Authority Program Director Kim Ewert said. “It’s important to remember that fixes don’t happen overnight, but we are certainly moving forward on it.” Ewert wrote the grant and will administer and manage it through her office. The City of Chanute and CRDA formed the land bank to obtain properties by way of tax sale or donation and sell the properties to be developed into functional use. CRDA and the city commission each provided $5,000 for the land bank to fund title work, closing costs, appraisals and other