Local leaders partner to create more affordable homes

MENASHA, Wis. (WBAY) - The Greater Fox Cities Area Habitat for Humanity is bringing together local leaders and lawmakers from both parties to address the housing crisis.

They’re doing this by building new homes. 18,000 homes need to be built in the next decade to keep up with the area’s growth.

In an initiative to address the housing crisis in communities like Northeast Wisconsin, habitat for humanity partners with business leaders and state legislators called the ‘leader build’.

“When we can bring all of us together in our collective resources and our collective knowledge and skills, we can really make a big impact,” said John Weyenberg, President & CEO of Greater Fox Cities Area Habitat For Humanity...

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Leo’s notes: Habitat for Humanity’s “Leader Build” in Menasha shows what’s possible when lawmakers and business leaders unite—tackling soaring housing costs with new tools to help families buy homes and strengthen the Fox Cities workforce.