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City of Kingman Arizona - Catholic Charities Switches Focus to Affordable Housing 06 February 2024 ( news )
City of Kingman , state Arizona ( By Press Release office)
Feb 06,2024
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 6 , 2023
Catholic Charities Switches Focus to Affordable Housing
KINGMAN , Ariz . – The City of Kingman has been working with Catholic Charities of Arizona on their 4 . 5 million dollar renovation of the Route 66 Motel located at 2939 E . Andy Devine Avenue as part of their Housing for Hope program . The Department of Housing awarded those grant funds to Catholic Charities , with the intent of renovating it into a 20 - unit transitional housing facility . The group , along with members of staff from the City of Kingman held a public meeting on November 27
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, to allow the community and residents of the area to ask questions and get clarification . As a result of that meeting , City staff asked Catholic Charities if they would be able to remove the transitional housing portion of the project and just focus on affordable housing .
The City has received confirmation back from Sandi Flores , Sr . Programs Director that their request to do just that , has been approved by the Arizona Department of Housing . The project will continue to move forward and is designed to provide 20 units of permanent affordable housing to qualifying Kingman residents . Ms . Flores added in her communication to City staff , that the requirements for residents to be experiencing homelessness and having a 2 year time limit for the housing will also be removed from the program . She shared that their organization will still maintain an office on site and offer their services to all residents of the complex .
“We are grateful to Ms . Flores and her team for listening to the concerns of our citizens and Council , and for advocating for this change on our behalf , ” said Kingman Mayor , Ken Watkins . “There is a shortage of affordable housing in our area and this project will help meet that need . ”
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Founded in 1882 and incorporated in 1952 , Kingman is the county seat of Mohave County located in northwest Arizona along Interstate 40 , U . S . 93 , and the historically famous Route 66 . The city’s population is 32 , 689 , and approximately 60 , 000 including neighboring communities . Kingman is a general law city that operates under a council/city manager form of government with a mayor and six councilmembers elected at large . City government provides a wide range of municipal services that include administration , development services , engineering , public works , parks and recreation , water , sewer and sanitation services , and fire and police .
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