First Suburbs Coalition Idea Home
Raytown

The First Suburbs Coalition Idea Home is a pilot project coordinated by the Housing Choices Coalition of Greater Kansas City aimed at demonstrating how post-World War II housing in first suburban neighborhoods can be revitalized and reinvigorated through remodeling and rehabilitation.

Using ideas and floor plans inspired by the Mid-America Regional Council’s (MARC) First Suburbs Coalition Idea Book, contractors will remake the home at 6236 Manning St. in Raytown from a three-bedroom, one-bath ranch into a more roomy two-bedroom, two-bath home with a master suite and a remodeled kitchen. Members of the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City (HBA), a Housing Choices Coalition partner, will provide remodeling and construction services. Dan Norburg, president of Norburg Contracting Inc., and HBA President Mark Hoffman, president of Hoffman Construction Inc., will oversee the project. The contractors anticipate construction will be finished prior to the opening of the HBA’s 2006 Spring Homes Tour April 30. Financing assistance is being provided by Housing Choices Coalition partner Fannie Mae.

The Housing Choices Coalition is a public-private partnership among the HBA, Fannie Mae, MARC, the Kansas City Regional Association of Realtors and the Kansas City Area Development Council. The mission of the coalition is to expand housing choices throughout metropolitan Kansas City by supporting policies aimed at building successful neighborhoods; raising consumer awareness of the need for more housing choices; building acceptance for regulations that promote broader choices; and influencing the private sector to create more housing choices.