Wisconsin municipalities hope online directory will help people find affordable housing

Some municipalities in Wisconsin are partnering with a company that creates an online directory to help connect people to affordable housing.

The city of Kenosha was the first municipality to work with CityWise — a Milwaukee-based startup company. The company created a subdomain on the official city website in October that allows renters to search for affordable and subsidized housing in the city for free.

Users can access a tool on the directory to find what subsidies they may be eligible for and they can search for properties that accept Low Income Housing Tax Credits and Section 8 vouchers. The listings also include any municipal code violations for the properties...

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Ken Notes: Another listing service but with the affordable housing twist. It will require adoption by communities but the Kenosha system seem robust...