Erin's House 2 opened Friday in Kansas City, Kansas, with room for five single women leaving domestic violence. They can stay from 90 days to a year.
It is the second house under Erin Langhofer's name. Her parents opened the first in Kansas City, Missouri, in 2024. KSHB 41 reported Friday's ribbon cutting for a fully renovated six-bedroom house, after Do Good for Erin supporters raised more than $400,000.
A House Rebuilt for a Longer Stay
Before the renovation, the house had termite damage and unstable floors. The building that opened Friday was fully renovated, with new furnishings and appliances, and offered what KSHB called a home and a path forward.
Friends of Yates will operate the home after teaming up with Do Good for Erin, KCTV5 reported. The station describes Friends of Yates as the only domestic violence shelter in Kansas City, Kansas. It also reported that the location is not being shared for safety, and that the home was to have security around the clock.
The shelter already runs on a different scale. Friends of Yates operates 24 hours a day and may care for 30 women and children at a time. Erin's House 2 expands that reach without copying it: a close-to-home option for single women in Kansas City, Kansas, with time measured in months rather than an emergency night.
Named for Erin Langhofer
Erin Langhofer worked as a domestic violence counselor and social worker. She was killed in 2019 at First Fridays, struck by a stray bullet while waiting in line for a food truck, FOX4 reported.
Tom and Marcy Langhofer, her parents, co-founded Do Good for Erin. Marcy Langhofer called the opening the realization of a dream. Tom Langhofer said Erin's legacy will continue after they are gone.
The Missouri house has impacted 42 families since it opened in 2024, KSHB reported. The Kansas City, Kansas, house is the second to carry her name, this one for single women.
Dr. Desmond Lamb, executive director of Friends of Yates, described the opening as a milestone for the organization and for Wyandotte County. Ladora Lattimore, CEO emeritus, guides Friends of Yates.
Funding the Fourth Project
The more than $400,000 raised for the house makes Erin's House 2 the fourth major project Do Good for Erin has completed with Friends of Yates, and the biggest, KSHB reported. That construction money is separate from a smaller check aimed at costs after opening day.
The earlier joint projects stayed inside the shelter's existing operation. Do Good for Erin funded a playground for survivors and their children, paid for a commercial kitchen renovation, and provided vehicles to the organization. The new house is a residence of its own.
The Langhofers presented Friends of Yates with a $30,000 check. KSHB reported that the money was set aside as an endowment to help cover future upkeep of the home. FOX4 described Do Good for Erin's $30,000 donation Friday as support for continued maintenance and operations.
Calls, Standbys and Bed Nights
Lamb told KSHB, "We don't like the numbers because they're going up." He was talking about domestic violence in Wyandotte County.
In a July 30, 2025, report, KSHB said the number of domestic-violence-related calls law officers respond to was rising. That account said Kansas City, Kansas, police had responded to 646 civil standby calls so far in 2025, compared with 1,132 in 2024 and 1,241 in 2023. Civil standbys are a separate tally, and the 2025 figure ran only through late July.
KCTV5 reported that Kansas City, Kansas, police respond to an average of one domestic violence call every minute and a half. In 2021, Wyandotte Daily published a program highlight saying Friends of Yates provided 8,825 bed nights to adult and child survivors and answered more than 11,176 crisis-hotline calls.
A Small House Next to a Larger Need
The harder step is what comes after a shelter bed, and it isn't only a Kansas City, Kansas, problem. A Kansas City Star opinion article said Synergy Services, Rose Brooks and Hope House help people find housing after they leave shelter. The column said Synergy was building Forest Hill Village, with 18 apartments in a first phase planned to house up to 110 people.
Set next to that plan, Erin's House 2 is a different size of answer, and it is already open. Five single women. Ninety days to a year. One renovated house, run by the only domestic violence shelter in Kansas City, Kansas, rather than an 18-apartment phase still described as under construction.
Someone seeking a bed has to reach Friends of Yates, which already operates around the clock and may care for 30 women and children at a time. The new house doesn't replace that front door. It gives five women a longer stay on the Kansas side of the state line, at an address that is not being shared.
