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This dead-end street will be extended as part of a new housing development in Hoisington. (Photo by Dale Hogg for Kansas Reflector)
BARTON COUNTY — The problem sounds easy: Kansas has too few houses for sale, especially in small, rural communities struggling to attract young people and new businesses.
The simple answer is to build more houses. But those in real estate say this shortage has been years in the making, and it may take years and creative thinking to emerge from it.
“We’ve been under-building for decades,” said Mark T…
