The issue could be with the village JUST loading in but I just wanted to confirm with the devs. The village doesnt spawn with any houses inside of it (and I know it was registered as a village cause I used /locate) and was really confusing when I tried to add other buildings.

Not a bug. The blueprint needs some time to sync. If you come by a few minutes later the first buildings should be scanned. In 7.4.0 this wont be a thing anymore as buildings and villagers are no longer a required dependency, the blueprint will be a player-only thing basically.