Housing

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...

Neighbors pushed back against a proposal to turn a long-vacant property in northern Overland Park into townhomes, but the development easily sailed through its last major hurdle this week. Called Stratford Square, the project from developer Skyline Properties, LLC, intends to...

A plan to remake the old YMCA into a 20-home redevelopment moved a step further to becoming reality. In early June, the Prairie Village Planning Commission advanced two items progressing the Price Brothers’ redevelopment proposal for the old Paul Henson...

A former ambulance station in Overland Park is now in the hands of a local private, nonprofit organization to turn into affordable housing for adults with disabilities. On Thursday, the Johnson Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved the land transfer...