A cul-de-sac of modestly priced homes in Olathe was the backdrop recently for a visit by U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, who spoke with local experts about how to get more affordably priced homes built. Davids, a Johnson County Democrat, met privately with home builders, county and city officials last Friday, Feb. 27, as well as the president of Habitat for Humanity KC, the non-profit that built the cul-de-sac known as Olathe Pathway at Heritage Park. The Congresswoman later took a short tour of two homes in the subdivision near 159th and Black Bob Road that are substantially completed. Davids and the roundtable participants drilled down on various challenges, including a supply chain inflexible to newer and less expensive building materials, an aging workforce of contractors, efforts to train and encourage young people in the building trades and financing strategies.
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