Prairie Village for All is a call for affordable housing in a city that is reckoning with a long history and the lingering effects of exclusionary housing policy. We are for policies that will allow more people to have more access to Prairie Village and its resources. We are for preserving the good things that Prairie Village has to offer while also helping it continue to grow with equality in mind.

Therefore, we support for the planning commission in its full consideration of the original affordable and attainable housing recommendations brought forth by the Ad Hoc Housing Committee. We demand the council, once proposals are brought forth, make equity-minded and inclusive policy decisions that will create greater accessibility and engender diversity within the city. We encourage the council to transparently consider the views of all of its residents, including its most marginalized residents, in public fora that directly attend to the ways affordability, diversity, and inclusion are inextricably intertwined.

Context:

Prairie Village was founded for working-class veterans of World War II, funded by federal money from the GI bill that excluded people of color from owning homes here due to racist deed restrictions and redlining. We believe the promise of Prairie Village — that working-class families could find a place to live and thrive here — should be extended with equality and inclusion in mind, and that we need policy today that reflects that dream. We believe in a vision for Prairie Village in which our city can be “a village for everyone,” a place where people can live, raise their families, and become part of a community that will allow opportunity and growth.

Learn more here: www.prairievillage4all.com