Rent control may help ease the financial strain on rent burdened residents in Milwaukee

Housing rates are expensive and continue to increase across the country. More and more American renters are seeing their monthly rent increasing, and are now becoming rent-burdened. This means that many tenants are spending 30% or more of their overall income on rent alone.

In Milwaukee County, about half of the renting population are currently rent burdened. Chris Krco, a Milwaukee-area housing rights advocate, recommends rent control in Milwaukee as a potential solution...
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Ken Notes: This only works if the developer owner is at the table from the onset! If a community can help with interest rates, taxes, land acquisition, vacancy and other out of pocket costs a partnership can be established.