Workforce housing project in Sister Bay to support local families

DOOR COUNTY (NBC 26) — The Door County Housing Partnership says these homes are helping local workers stay in the community both living and working here long-term.

The units, located in Sister Bay, are among the first in a new development aimed at addressing the workforce housing shortage across the county.

"To try and fix this [housing] crisis that we have here," Scott Bader, the Preside of the Door county housing partnership said.

These homes are designed to help keep workers in the area, living and working in the community long-term.

"They want childcare, they want whatever somebody that serves their food, someone at the grocery store, the hardware store. Those people need a place to live," Bader said...

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Leo`s notes: In a county where workers are often priced out by vacation rentals, Door County’s Housing Partnership is proving that modest, targeted investments can make a huge difference. With state grant support, the group is turning a $100,000 land purchase in Sister Bay into 10 permanently affordable homes. This project shows how local collaboration and ownership models can keep families rooted in the community and strengthen the local workforce.