Housing Update

Communication is everything! We saw your comments.  Made us realize we probably should explain the housing project a bit. That’s on us.  You also are free to ask questions at any time directly to me, Ryan by phone 620-314-5561 or by e-mail [email protected] .  I’m happy to answer any questions or concerns you might have about any project that we have.  I believe in freedom of expression and speech and want to hear ideas as well.  I think it’s a positive thing when the public engages in discourse and conveys their concerns, ideas, and not least their confirmation we might be doing something right.

Back to the houses.  The project you are seeing being built is a combination of a Stafford County, City of Stafford, City of St. John, State of Kansas and Stafford County Economic Development funded project. It is a moderate-income project where we can sell the houses.  If they don’t sell, we will rent them out.  They will not have the low-income restrictions as this is not a low-income housing project.  I repeat, it is not low-income housing.  We are building 9 houses with 5 in St. John and 4 in Stafford.   These have a mixture of options because of the budget.  The first two houses that you’ve seen posted are 3 bedrooms and 2 baths and the same design. The next 7 houses that are about to be started are a completely different design than the first 2. We will have an open house once the first 2 houses are finished. The overall project is $2.6 million for 9 houses, and we are going to come under that budget for all 9.   The range of the cost of the houses will be between $190,000 to $270,000. Housing Opportunities Inc. is our General Contractor with all our sub-contractors doing to work being from Stafford County.  Mansel Construction, Loya Construction, Meyer Electric, and Stafford Lumber are all part of building these houses.  We did an open bidding process and I personally reached out to almost all the local contractors to make sure they had a chance to bid on the project.  It was also posted publicly with clear deadlines for bid submissions.

If you understand the housing market for building new, you will understand that the cost to build is very high right now.  We are building these as we have a housing shortage and need to build more houses as quickly as possible.  We will continue to build more houses after this 9 depending on available funding.

Here are the properties we are planning to build on and what will be built on those properties.

214 S. Pearl, St. John – 3 bedroom/2 bath/Basement/ with a Garage

218 S. Pearl, St. John – 3 bedroom/2 bath/ on a Slab/ with 2 Garages

413 W. 2^nd, St. John – 3 bedroom/2 bath/ on a Slab  (almost complete)

424 W. 2^nd, St. John – 3 bedroom/2 bath/ on a Slab/ with a Garage (about to pour concrete)

430 W. 2^nd, St. John – 3 bedroom/2 bath/ on a Slab/ with a Garage (about to pour concrete)

227 S. Buffalo, Stafford – 3 bedroom/2 bath/ on a Slab/ with a Garage

303 W. Morrell, Stafford – 3 bedroom/2 bath/ on a Slab (almost completed)

743 W. Broadway, Stafford – 3 bedroom/2 bath/ on a Slab/ with 2 Garages

745 W. Broadway, Stafford, KS 67578 – 3 bedroom/2 bath/Basement/ with a Garage

Thanks again for your engagement and we would love to hear from you anytime.  Contact me, Ryan anytime, 620-314-5561 or [email protected] if you have any questions.