CommunityScale in the news: New study says rural Johnson County towns need 950 new homes to meet rising demand

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Local coverage of CommunityScale’s 2025 Johnson County, Iowa Housing Assessment Study reports that a smattering of rural towns need nearly 1,000 new homes to keep up with demand over the next decade. The study aims to help the communities of Solon, Lone Tree, Swisher, Oxford, and Hills understand the future of rural housing, and it also covers areas of unincorporated Johnson County governed by the Board of Supervisors.

“A smattering of rural Johnson County towns are in need of nearly 1,000 new homes to keep up with demand in the next decade, a new study says.

Johnson County’s 2025 Housing Assessment Study aims to help the communities of Solon, Lone Tree, Swisher, Oxford and Hills understand the future of rural housing.

“The assessment will also cover areas of unincorporated Johnson County that are governed by the Board of Supervisors.”