Deregulation pitched as possible solution to affordable housing challenges

Construction industry advocates and some local officials are calling for deregulating new home construction in Wisconsin, along with other potential solutions to the state’s shortage of affordable housing.

“In most communities today, you can’t build the kind of housing that we all grew up in — at least in my generation,” Wisconsin Realtors Association President and CEO Mike Theo said yesterday during an event hosted by Competitive Wisconsin in West Bend. “You can’t build that kind of housing that you would call either workforce housing or affordable housing, if you will.”

He argued the layers of regulations on new construction are “uneconomical” for builders to meet demand for this type of housing...
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Notes: Points well presented. Why can you not build a sub 1,000 square foot home on a permanent foundation and smaller lot in most communities in the state? We can develop personal wealth in our state by creating more opportunities for entry level ownership...