This gives Wichita the second-highest utilization rate among the 50 largest cities nationwide at using emergency housing vouchers. Around the same time, the Wichita Housing Authority was preparing to distribute its emergency housing vouchers, which became available on July 1, 2021. The emergency housing voucher program requires agencies that work with people experiencing homelessness or fleeing domestic violence, like HumanKind, to refer potential voucher recipients to the housing authority, which then approves that person for an emergency voucher. The city receives 3,047 housing vouchers that are separate from the emergency housing vouchers. Twenty-seven of the 54 units are filled with residents using emergency housing vouchers, Stang said.