Statewide and regional programs bring rent help to every part of Kansas
Kansas organizes most of its rent help by region rather than through a single state office. Four Catholic Charities agencies divide the counties among them, community action agencies each cover their own service area, and state housing money reaches renters through local partner organizations. A household in any part of Kansas may qualify for one or more of these funds. The statewide and regional programs come first on this page, with local county and city pages linked at the bottom.
NOTE: A Kansas landlord may serve a three-day notice to pay or move as soon as rent is past due, and a court date can follow within two weeks of the case being filed. Paying the full past-due amount within those three days generally stops the eviction from moving forward. Applying for a rent assistance program before any notice arrives leaves the most options, and a tenant who already has court papers should start with the Kansas eviction prevention and homeless assistance programs page.
Statewide and regional rent programs in Kansas
Each program in this section serves the whole state or a large region of it, and all of them are open in addition to any local funds in your city or county.
Kansas Housing Resources Corporation programs - The state's housing agency, KHRC, funds Tenant Based Rental Assistance, which may pay a security deposit, a utility deposit, and a temporary subsidy that lowers a household's rent to about 30 percent of its income. KHRC does not take applications itself. Local grantee agencies — nonprofits, housing authorities, and local governments — run the program in their areas, and details are at https://kshousingcorp.org/rental-housing/tenant-based-rental-assistance/.
KHRC also sends homeless prevention money to local service providers under the federal Emergency Solutions Grant. Those funds are for households that will lose their housing within 14 days and for people fleeing domestic violence, and each provider decides what a case receives. The Kansas Housing Resources Corporation assistance page covers the agency's other renter programs.
Four regional Catholic Charities agencies - One charity network divides Kansas into four regions, and each agency may help with rent or utility bills when funding allows. Catholic Charities of Northern Kansas serves 31 counties from offices in Hays, Salina, and Manhattan. Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas covers a 21-county area through its Family Support Centers and sends a resource bus to rural towns, reached at 913-433-2039.
The Wichita agency serves the 25 counties of south central and southeast Kansas, with one-time rent and utility assistance through its Southeast Kansas Services office in Pittsburg. Catholic Charities of Southwest Kansas works from Dodge City, Garden City, Great Bend, and Liberal, at 620-227-1562, with housing help aimed at households at risk of homelessness.
Community action agencies - Regional service areas split the state among a small group of community action agencies, and each office may hold rent, deposit, and utility funds for the counties it covers. The Kansas community action agency page lists which agency serves each county.
Free legal help from one statewide firm - Kansas Legal Services covers all 105 counties, and its lawyers may take an eviction case at no cost when a tenant meets the income limits. The firm also posts free Kansas court forms and plain-language eviction guides for renters. Call 316-267-3975 or apply at https://www.kansaslegalservices.org/, and the free legal advice in Kansas page explains what the offices handle.
Section 8 and other long waits - City and county housing authorities run the voucher lists in Kansas, and a spot usually comes after a long wait rather than during an emergency. The Section 8 housing in Kansas page explains the income limits and where to apply, and HUD's line at (800) 955-2232 names the housing authority for any Kansas address.
Government housing resources - HUD posts Kansas renter programs, rural rental housing links, and the free housing counselor line at (800) 569-4287 on its state page, https://www.hud.gov/states/kansas. The state housing agency lists shelters, crisis counselors, and eviction resources at https://kshousingcorp.org/. Dialing 211 reaches a United Way line that can name open local funds when the contacts above do not fit a household's situation.
Kansas county and city rent programs
Three Kansas areas have their own pages, listed below with local charity, church, and government contacts. In counties without a page, local Salvation Army centers may hold small rent funds — the Kansas Salvation Army assistance page explains their programs — and the statewide contacts above serve every county.
Douglas County
Olathe and Johnson County
Wichita and Sedgwick County
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