A resident and a Johnson County property management company are suing the city of Shawnee for its controversial “co-living ban,” which was instituted last year. The company, Prairie Village-based HomeRoom, Inc., and Shawnee resident Val French filed the lawsuit on Tuesday in federal district court in Kansas City, Kan. The suit is seeking to overturn the city’s rules on cohabitation in residential areas. The plaintiffs are represented by the nonprofit Pacific Legal Foundation. “The problem is that when you so restrict the kinds of people who can live together in a single family home, you make housing affordability much more difficult,” David Deerson, an attorney with Pacific Legal Foundation, told the Post. “You sort of intrude into the private lives of people who should be allowed to structure their own homes in the way that they see fit.”
Source: Shawnee Mission Post
