This Weeks Articles for 1/19/2026 ...

1. What`s in store for Green Bay, Appleton and Oshkosh housing markets?...
2. America`s new hottest housing market is a leafy town with great prices where homes are selling at record speed...
3. 30th annual Souper Bowl will help build affordable housing throughout Dane County...
4. Plan to update the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program...
5. City to receive funds for affordable housing...
6. Wausau discusses senior housing solutions as elderly population grows...
7. Evers, WHEDA award funds to GCDC, Habitat for Humanity ...

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Ken Notes: We have become the haves and have-nots regarding housing, with those working full time making a "living wage" often no longer able to enter the housing market as owners. Developers and builders have discovered that the margins are better in rentals or higher priced homes for purchase. Communities have allowed this and even zoned to codify this development.

A small lakeside city sandwiched between Chicago and Milwaukee has quietly become the most in-demand housing market in the US.

Kenosha, Wisconsin, rose to the top of Realtor.com`s December hottest housing markets list — a ranking that signals buyer demand has become so intense it has turned the market into the most competitive in the country at the end of last year.

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Ken Notes: Still the median listing price of $384,000 is high but there were a few under 250K. The proximity to Milwaukee, Racine and Chicago, mass transit, Lake Michigan, and new computer data centers coming online soon make the city very attractive.

The 30th annual Souper Bowl, a beloved Madison tradition since 1995, will be held Saturday, Feb. 7, 11 a.m.–2 p.m. at Madison West High School to help build affordable housing throughout Dane County.

Hosted by the UW–Madison student chapter of Habitat for Humanity of Dane County, Souper Bowl has grown into the organization’s largest fundraiser, drawing more than 750 attendees and serving over 200 gallons of soup last year alone...

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ENABLING BETTER PLACES: A USER’S GUIDE TO WISCONSIN NEIGHBORHOOD AFFORDABILITY	WHEDA’s Rural Affordable Workforce Housing Initiative	Wisconsin REALTORS® Association
WISCAP Affordable Housing Network	Division of Energy, Housing and Community Resources	Housing Authority City of Milwaukee (HACM)
Wisconsin Housing Preservation Corp	WEDA Legislative Tracker	NRA Housing Needs By State / Wisconsin
Wisconsin Housing Alliance	Office of Rural Prosperity Wisconsin Economic Development

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MADISON, WI – The Wisconsin State Assembly held its first session of 2026 [Tuesday] and passed a series of resolutions and bills, including a proposal by State Rep. Dave Armstrong (R-Rice Lake) to update the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program (LIHTC).

“LIHTC is an important tool for encouraging investment in low-to-moderate-income housing, which Wisconsin desperately needs, in rural areas as well as big cities,” Representative Armstrong explained. “Today’s bill, Assembly Bill 182, requires the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) to set aside at least 35% of its annual LIHTC allocations for qualified projects in rural areas.  Current law does require WHEDA to give preference to projects in ‘smaller communities’, but the definition it uses covers cities like Green Bay, Kenosha, Racine, and Appleton – not what most people think of when they think ‘smaller’, unless you live in Milwaukee or Madison!  AB 182, on the other hand, makes sure truly small, rural towns aren’t overlooked.”...

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New county program focuses on rehabilitation, preservation

Dane County will award $3,926,399 in funding through a unique new program focused on preserving existing units of affordable housing across Dane County, Dane County Executive Melissa Agard announced in a Friday, Jan. 9 news release.

It’s the fund’s first-ever round of awards, anticipated to preserve and/or rehabilitate 65 units of housing in the communities of Fitchburg, Stoughton, and Madison, and create four new units of affordable housing in the Village of Waunakee...

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WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - The Wausau Common Council discussed the city’s growing elderly population and housing challenges during a meeting Tuesday night, reviewing a 2025 report on senior living from the North Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission.

The city is facing a shortage of housing with accommodations for seniors, according to the report presented to the council.

“If they were to need a wheelchair or walker to make the doors wider. To be able to have things more easily accessible to them, to reach or to be able to access within their apartment,” said Director Mike Rhea with the Aging and Disability Resource Center of Central Wisconsin...   ...Full Story Here

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Across Wisconsin many employees can simply not afford to live where they work.

This is true in big cities and small rural communities. Both the availability and price of housing is not in line with the needs of those working in jobs that are vital to the success of our communities. Imagine a firefighter, teacher, city employee, service, or retail worker not able to afford a home in the community they serve.

We believe Wisconsin employers will support these efforts so they can successfully recruit workers to fill the thousands of job openings now hampered by a shortage of affordable housing.


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