ACT 235 Presentations in Jackson County

Leo and Ken were in Jackson County last week where they made two presentations on ACT 235 (the new housing TID). The focus was on rural communities using this new tool to create affordable owner occupied housing for their communities. Also presenting was Rebecca Giroux a Community & Economic Development Officer with WHEDA. It was interesting to see the potential of working together to to develop actual projects that could provide actual affordable housing units in both rural and urban Wisconsin. 

"There are great opportunities for building more that just apartments in a community," said Leonardo Silva an Architect and advocate for housing in the region, "We need homes that our teachers, police, service and retail workers as well as seniors looking to downsize can actually afford to purchase." 

The focus of the presentations was developing plans and building neighborhoods that would allow a community to provide quality homes and attract new residents to the area...