Thula B. is a leasing company in Kansas City, KS providing affordable housing options.
Birthed through a journey to find her family and to better understand who she was. The owner, Sheyvette Dinkens completed a DNA test that landed her in the small town of Wellington, TX.
A random connection with a local, educator in Wellington produced a wealth of information about her maternal family members.
Thula B. Wilson, a community member, refuge, mid-wife, and well loved by the Wellington community was the great-great-grandmother to Dinkens. Unfortunately, Thula B. passed in 1991, unknown to Dinkens.
In April 2022, Dinkens decided it was time to honor her beloved great-great-grandmother by answering a community need through affordable housing as she had once experienced a need during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The Problem
The National Low Income Housing Coalition reports Kansas is estimated to be short by more than 50,000 homes, as of July 2022.
The median household income in Wyandotte County is $48,093 with the Fair Market Rent being $879 for a two-bedroom. Poverty in Wyandotte County is 25% higher than the in rate in the United States.
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