The City of Eau Claire believes that local government is a stewardship, helping citizens meet their needs and helping the community solve problems. We cannot always do this on our own; we need and value partners who can help. The City also believes in equity, creating conditions for all people to thrive.

There is no more fundamental need than housing that is affordable.

The City of Eau Claire is seeking proposals for projects that develop or rehabilitate properties for new or expanded affordable housing within the City of Eau Claire and to provide said project(s) with financial assistance through the City of Eau Claire Affordable Housing Fund. 

Full details related to this request for proposals can be found in the attached document, which is also available on the City of Eau Claire website: 

https://www.eauclairewi.gov/286/Housing-Opportunities-Commission

Education sessions will be held on the following dates:...

Nursing homes and home health agencies in Wisconsin have had to scrap plans years in the making to hire workers from overseas, after the Trump administration suspended almost all refugee programs.

One nursing home operator in Sparta invested more than $100,000 in building apartments to house overseas workers – when policy changed, the housing was used for current workers, according to a report in Wisconsin Watch.

“International recruitment is a multi-year strategy, and it doesn’t happen overnight,” Kate Battiato, VP of media and community impact for LeadingAge Wisconsin, told Wisconsin Watch. “One election can change the strategy that has been built over years. … It makes their already difficult challenges recruiting and retaining workers more difficult."...

Wisconsin home sales drop 8.3% in August as affordability hits record low

Milwaukee employee buys first home through workplace grant program

Condo production continues to lag in Wisconsin 

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - The National Mall was transformed into a neighborhood this week featuring the next generation of home building and development for the sixth year in a row, as part of HUD’s “Innovative Housing Showcase.”

The exhibition, which began Tuesday and concluded Thursday, features a collection of mid-construction and fully assembled homes on the National Mall. Each home on display includes a new element or technology.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development puts on the annual event to highlight the latest advancements in affordable housing designs and technologies.

“The purpose of it, number one, is to showcase the brilliance of the American people,” said HUD Secretary Scott Turner...

The WEBSITE for the event is here...

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More than 350 rental units on Milwaukee's far northwest side are set to be converted from market-rate to affordable housing.

Affiliates of a California-based nonprofit bought the 236-unit St. James Place, 10300 W. Fountain Ave., and the 138-unit Arbor Ridge Apartments, 7960-7972 N. 107th St., for $60 million, a group representing seller Weidner Apartment Homes announced Sept. 22...

Redevelopment of former Jewish Home is a first-of-its-kind facility for Milwaukee.

WAUKESHA, Wis.— Plans to redevelop the former UW-Milwaukee at Waukesha campus are moving forward after the Waukesha County Board approved the sale of the property.

The 76-acre site at 1500 N. University Drive is slated for a mixed residential development led by Milwaukee-based real estate and investment firm F Street, in partnership with Waukesha County and the City of Waukesha.

The proposal includes roughly 70 single-family homes and about 600 market-rate multifamily units, which would be built in phases. Apartment buildings are expected to include two-story garden-style units and three- to four-story buildings.

County officials say the redevelopment could add more than $150 million to the tax base while helping address local housing needs..

MADISON (WLUK) -- Low-income residents in 10 Northeast Wisconsin counties affected by NEWCAP’s closure will soon have a new interim provider for services.

Foundation for Rural Housing, Inc. has been named the interim provider by the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families in the counties previously served by NEWCAP, effective immediately.

The organization’s website will be https://www.NEffrh.org and is expected to go live on October 1. Its public office will be at 3500 Packerland Drive, Suite 285, in De Pere, and is set to open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday beginning October 1...