Three-Way Standoff on Workforce Housing in Milwaukee

With rising construction costs and elevated interest rates, everyone at Milwaukee City Hall seems to agree that some amount of subsidy is necessary to create a supply of new affordable and workforce housing. But the how and when are proving to be elusive.

The issue came to a head Tuesday during a Zoning, Neighborhoods & Development Committee meeting in an unusual three-way debate that featured the administration, council and a developer all making their case publicly.

Two resolutions request the Department of City Development(DCD) finalize amendments to two Walker’s Point tax incremental financing (TIF) districts. But the resolutions, as they appear in the city’s legislative records system, are only titles....