When it comes to housing in Johnson County, all eyes are currently on Prairie Village. The Kansas City suburb — one of the most affluent in the county — is at a crossroads about what role city government should play in addressing a lack of attainable housing stock in the city. Over a period of months, Prairie Village went from scratching the surface of what it could realistically accomplish to being caught in a fierce debate about who belongs and what types of housing make sense for the landlocked city with very little undeveloped land remaining. Last summer, after the county released its 2021 housing study that urged cities to take action to address the regional housing crisis, Prairie Village became the first city in Johnson County to bring tangible solutions to the table.
Source: Shawnee Mission Post
