2026 KHAN Policy Priorities

Kansas legislators are only at the Capitol for a few months a year (Jan-April); most of the time, they are at home, in your community. Use the time outside of legislative session to build relationships with decision makers.

Lunch & Learn Tours connect decision makers to your work in a literal way: bringing them into your workflow and buildings. Use that time to engage them with clear data, successes and stories, as well as current challenges and evidence-based solutions to increase housing security and end homelessness.

So far, KHAN has hosted these events with Salvation Army Lodge in Olathe, Manhattan Emergency Shelter, Building Health in Pittsburg, McPherson Housing Coalition, Emmaus House and Southwestern KS Catholic Charities in Garden & Dodge City, Leavenworth Attainable Housing and Leavenworth Community of Hope, as well as a bus tour of the housing support ecosystem in Wyandotte County highlighting many local partners.

This toolkit provides tips for planning a Lunch & Learn Tour along with templates for planning and execution of the event that your organization can use or adapt to host your own event. Check it out here: Lunch & Learn Toolkit

The next KHAN Academy will be held January 27-28 in Overland Park. Join us to become equipped to use your voice and build relationship-based advocacy with decision-makers. This free, two-day training is for KHAN Members and those in their regional and grassroots network. The training is in-person, hosted by United Community Services. Multiple members of the same organization are welcome. Register here; space is limited.  

Partners who engage in this training will be invited to join KHAN’s advocacy work around housing. We’re working actively with Republicans and Democrats on two different packages of legislation that will support housing stability and reducing homelessness by: addressing evictions; allowing rental inspections and repairs to ensure health and safety; providing transparency in ownership and condition of rental properties; providing renters, cities and the Attorney General tools to ensure safe, habitable housing; limiting corporate ownership of single family homes; and capping late fees and requiring fee transparency.  

Also, be on the lookout for our Spring KHAN Academy held in Manhattan.

If you have questions or are interested, reach out to Myranda, MAgnew@kshomeless.com. 

What You Should Know

Building Housing

Acting Upstream

Ending Homelessness

Section 8 Explained

2026 Capitol Hill Day | February 17th, 2026

Join partners statewide on Feb. 17, 2026 at the State Capitol in Topeka to connect with your legislators and provide education on housing needs and evidence-based homelessness solutions in your region. Breakfast and lunch provided for registrants.

Capitol Hill Day Activities will include:

• breakfast and kick-off with bipartisan legislators,
• tabling and networking,
• legislator meetings,
• youth homelessness simulations,
• committee hearings,
• lunch presentation and networking.

Register here. Each attendee must be registered separately; registration is free.

Join us for Capitol Hill Day training and preparation: (both sessions required)

• January 7, 2-3:30 p.m. via zoom: Making Hill Day Meaningful
• February 11, 2-3:30 p.m. via zoom: Logistics & Talking with Legislators

All Capitol Hill Day activities can be found on the Capitol Hill Day events page.