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| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 10 - Wk: 100 Date: 5/11/2026 8:07:16 PM | ||
| Inside Wisconsin: Economist: Mix of factors drive ‘attainable’ housing crunch | ||
Leo's notes: Robert Dietz framed the housing affordability crisis as fundamentally a “supply and demand” imbalance shaped by overlapping economic, regulatory, demographic, and labor pressures.The broader takeaway was that Wisconsin’s housing challenges are not caused by a single issue, but rather the interaction of land-use policy, financing costs, labor shortages, infrastructure constraints, demographics, and macroeconomic conditions. As a result, long-term solutions will likely require coordinated action across zoning reform, workforce development, financing tools, infrastructure investment, and streamlined approvals rather than relying on any single policy change. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 20 Date: 5/11/2026 7:32:54 PM | ||
| Milwaukee’s housing crisis leaves younger adults and families struggling to find stability | ||
Leo's notes: The discussion reflects a broader shift happening across Wisconsin: communities are increasingly recognizing that solving housing instability requires more than building units alone. Long-term solutions are likely to involve a combination of workforce housing production, zoning reform, faster approvals, housing rehabilitation, tenant stability programs, and expanded pathways to homeownership for younger households. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 20 Date: 5/11/2026 7:26:17 PM | ||
| Green Bay set to transform downtown parking lot into 168 housing units | ||
Leo's notes: opening the door for a potential 135–155 unit development. While no specific project is approved, Cambridge is taking an important early step toward higher-density housing by rezoning land near Westgate Court to “neighborhood mixed use.” the move signals the need to “build up” to address shortages versus concerns about infrastructure, scale, and neighborhood character. For small and mid-sized communities, decisions like this are increasingly unavoidable—without zoning flexibility, housing supply stalls. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 20 Date: 5/11/2026 7:23:11 PM | ||
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| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 10 - Wk: 125 Date: 4/6/2026 9:26:43 PM | ||
| ‘Reaching souls’: Wisconsin church plans to build 181-unit senior housing complex on property | ||
Leo's notes: A Milwaukee church is advancing an increasingly important model in the housing space: faith-based land redevelopment for senior and workforce housing. Their proposal reflects a broader trend emerging nationally as churches, schools, and nonprofits look at their land holdings as opportunities to address housing shortages while reinforcing community missions. In this case, the project blends aging-in-place housing with community amenities and proximity to worship and support services. As it stands, the development would dedicate 20% of units to workforce housing — an acknowledgment that affordability challenges increasingly affect middle-income seniors and working households, not just the lowest-income residents. Great initiative worth following. Ken Notes: Land is the key element in developing lower cost workforce housing. Any organization, business, or community with available land can control the type of development that they feel would be in the best interest their neighborhood. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 20 Date: 5/11/2026 7:42:48 PM | ||
| St. Vincent de Paul receives $20K donation to support housing stability | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 20 Date: 5/11/2026 7:57:48 PM | ||
| Jefferson County: Housing report emphasizes net new construction | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 20 Date: 5/11/2026 7:55:42 PM | ||
| The American Dream is moving to the Midwest—Michigan and Wisconsin beat the coasts for the hottest housing markets, Redfin finds | ||
Ken Notes:Several Wisconsin Cities on the list, unfortunately all priced north of 350K but new buyers still help the market... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 20 Date: 5/11/2026 8:03:25 PM | ||
| How many homes could be built in Northeast Wisconsin in 2026? | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 20 Date: 5/11/2026 8:05:31 PM | ||
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| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 10 - Wk: 125 Date: 3/23/2026 9:49:04 PM | ||
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| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 11 - Wk: 125 Date: 9/2/2025 7:30:59 PM |