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| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 10 - Wk: 100 Date: 1/12/2026 4:01:42 PM | ||
| Habitat for Humanity, Fox Valley businesses continue efforts to expand affordable housing | ||
Leo`s notes: What stands out is not just a single set of keys for a family in need, but the model behind it: community land acquisition, volunteer labor, and business partnerships focused on people, not speculation. As housing markets tighten statewide, this moment reinforces a core truth for workforce housing advocates—local, community-based solutions remain one of the most effective tools we have to keep homeownership within reach. Ken Notes: I like Habitat, but we need a model for our workforce in service and retail. Why must a full time employee at Menard`s making $20+ / hour live in a 600 sq ft $1,250 apartment rather that a nice new 1,200 sq foot home across from a park near a school. Habitat has shown us what can be done, now communities need to partner with developers and builders to get it done. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 3 Date: 1/12/2026 3:09:31 PM | ||
| Madison reports progress on affordable housing goals | ||
Leo`s notes: Madison’s 2025 housing numbers offer a cautiously optimistic signal in a tight market: more than 2,300 new homes delivered, over 5,300 under construction, and tangible results from recent zoning reforms designed to make building easier and faster. While production dipped slightly from last year, the broader trend matters more—policy changes are beginning to translate into real units, including a meaningful share priced below market. For a city aiming to add 15,000 homes by 2030, the lesson is clear: sustained regulatory reform paired with steady production is not a silver bullet, but it is how housing goals move from aspiration to reality... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 3 Date: 1/12/2026 3:53:44 PM | ||
| Dane County fund helps create affordable housing in Waunakee | ||
Leo`s notes: Dane County’s new preservation fund underscores a critical but often overlooked truth in the housing crisis: protecting the affordable homes we already have is just as important—and far more cost-effective—than building new ones. By investing nearly $4 million to rehabilitate and preserve 65 existing units while adding modest new supply, the county is stabilizing families, preventing displacement, and extending affordability for decades. As leaders like Melissa Agard have emphasized, preservation is not a stopgap—it’s a core housing strategy that keeps communities whole while new construction catches up. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 3 Date: 1/12/2026 3:56:47 PM | ||
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| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 10 - Wk: 125 Date: 8/21/2025 12:05:28 PM | ||
| Creating affordable housing by banning large real estate investors | ||
Leo`s notes: As housing affordability continues to slip out of reach for many Wisconsin families, the renewed focus on curbing institutional ownership of single-family homes highlights a growing consensus: homes should primarily serve as places to live, not just financial assets. Even as proposals from the current administration spark debate, the underlying issue remains clear: without more owner-occupied housing and increased supply, Wisconsin’s “C”-grade affordability will continue to erode the American dream of home ownership. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 3 Date: 1/12/2026 3:59:00 PM | ||
| Zoning changes expand housing options in Green Bay | ||
Leo`s notes: Green Bay’s decision to modernize its zoning code is a clear signal that cities can no longer afford to let outdated land-use rules stand in the way of housing opportunity. The reforms won’t solve the housing shortage overnight, but they represent a pragmatic shift toward flexibility—recognizing that affordability is as much about where and what we allow to be built as it is about subsidies or incentives. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 3 Date: 1/12/2026 4:00:40 PM | ||
| Developer pitches 200-unit affordable apartment complex near former Northridge site | ||
Ken Notes: Paywall, but bottom line developers can make good money and long term returns building apartments and the income, tax credits, profits, and equity stay with the developer. Time to rethink low cost condos we can avoid 2008 by creating | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 3 Date: 1/12/2026 3:51:13 PM | ||
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| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 10 - Wk: 125 Date: 12/27/2024 1:52:23 PM | ||
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| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 11 - Wk: 125 Date: 9/2/2025 12:30:59 PM |