Cardinal Housing Network expects two housing developments for women in recovery and their children will open next year

Lawrence Journal World - Josie Heimsoth

Before the Cardinal Housing Network began renovating them, these two houses on Ohio Street were falling apart. But soon, the local nonprofit hopes they’ll provide a safe place for women in recovery to put their lives back together.

The Cardinal Housing Network, which was founded in 2024, expects that the new housing will be ready to open in 2026. The homes will be divided up into several apartment spaces where women and their families can stay for up to two years.

Hannah Bolton, founder and program director of the Cardinal Housing Network, told the Journal-World that both homes have been in her family for several decades, and they were in bad shape when the project began.

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