Housing

In a parking lot in Olathe in July, Gina Foulks sleeps overnight in her car with her doors and windows open to allow for air to pass through. Most nights, the air would be cooler than throughout the day,...

Before too long, a vacant property near the heart of downtown Overland Park will become apartments for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and people with low income. Spearheaded by local nonprofit Friends of Johnson County Developmental Supports, the Floyd...

Residents near a future Dillons in west Olathe said they were excited when they learned the grocery store was coming. They’re less enthusiastic about the hundreds of apartments and townhomes proposed next door. City staff and developers gave a first...

Two years after Prairie Village’s housing debate was effectively put to rest, a new state law is forcing the city to delve back into housing discussions. Senate Bill 418, known as the by-right housing bill and signed into law earlier...

Revised plans to build a mix of different multifamily housing options at a site formerly used as a Shawnee Mission School District office building in Overland Park are moving forward. That’s at 7235 Antioch Road, which was previously identified for...

CORRECTION: This story was updated on Tuesday, Aug. 11, to correct an error. The nonprofit plans to cover remaining costs not covered by other funding sources through a 20-year mortgage, not a 30-year mortgage. A 17-unit affordable housing project in...

Overland Park continues to work on its new zoning framework, which could fundamentally change how Johnson County’s largest city approaches housing, echoing past efforts in other cities to tackle the widening housing shortage. Overland Park’s new approach could, among other...

Shawnee gave the green light to a "first of its kind" high-rise apartment complex aimed at fostering an active adult community in the city. On Monday, the Shawnee Planning Commission voted 6-0 to approve the rezoning and preliminary site plan...

A housing redevelopment at the old Paul Henson YMCA can move forward after Prairie Village’s approval of a rezoning request. The Prairie Village City Council on Monday unanimously approved a rezoning request from Overland Park-based Price Brothers for the old...

Apartments and townhomes could replace plans for more commercial development at a rapidly growing intersection in southern Overland Park. Hoppe Development — a Nebraska-based attainable housing developer — has proposed close to 140 multifamily units at the northeast corner of...

For Kansas Sen. TJ Rose, addressing Kansas’ widening housing shortage and growing housing unaffordability is a family matter. His son, Garrin, is a 24-year-old member of Gen Z who recently moved back to Johnson County. Rose worries that people in...

A much-watched property in Overland Park that was once home to a Shawnee Mission School District office building and later eyed for an AdventHealth nursing facility could now be redeveloped into new housing instead. The four-acre property in question is...