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| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 10 - Wk: 100 Date: 4/29/2026 5:27:33 PM | ||
| Community Development Authority meeting discusses workforce and housing | ||
Leo's notes: Whitewater officials are advancing a mix of housing and redevelopment strategies, including a 14-home single-family project on Bluff Road, updates to a home renewal loan program, and efforts to remove deed restrictions that have limited residential development. Addressing barriers like outdated deed restrictions while investing in both new construction and existing housing stock will be critical if smaller communities like Whitewater want to retain residents and strengthen their local workforce. Ken Notes: These meeting are happening across the state at most units of local government. We need to develop a set of legislative policy goals for both state and federal governments and talk to our elected officials to find flexible affordable solutions that work. Leo and I have several ideas and have been following projects across the state. We also know there are different needs in most communities. We need measurable outcomes and "in the dirt" solutions. We need ownership (equity building) opportunities for our service and retail workers. We need to partner with developers, builders, manufacturers, nonprofit organizations, and government entities to develop a variety of solutions and remove the obstacles, that will allow us provide the new and rehabbed homes we need moving forward. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 18 Date: 4/29/2026 3:37:34 PM | ||
| La Crosse Housing Week | ||
Ken Notes: Consider a summit in your community... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 18 Date: 4/29/2026 3:44:42 PM | ||
| Wisconsin`s 2026 governor candidates on the cost of housing | ||
Leo's notes: From a housing perspective, the takeaway is less about differences and more about convergence: there is broad agreement that supply constraints—driven by regulation, cost, and underproduction—are at the core of the problem. The real test ahead will be execution: aligning state policy, local control, and funding mechanisms into a coordinated strategy that can meaningfully increase housing production across diverse Wisconsin markets. Ken Notes: DO NOT allow the candidates to point fingers or cast blame on others. We need to work together on real solutions for very real problems. Ask the simple question, "Where does your Barista live?", why ask that, because if they do not have an answer they should be making their own damn coffee. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 18 Date: 4/29/2026 4:01:37 PM | ||
| Wisconsin Workforce Housing Resources | ||
| Nate Notes: to be included as a Workforce Housing resource email us a link and a brief note to: wwhnews.com@gmail.com... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 10 - Wk: 125 Date: 4/6/2026 9:26:43 PM | ||
| Sturgeon Bay Council Advances Grant Application, Reviews TID Updates | ||
Leo's notes: Sturgeon Bay is advancing a coordinated development strategy that links housing, infrastructure, and public investment, including proposed updates to multiple TIDs supporting more than 100 housing units and key infrastructure expansions. From a housing perspective, I believe that communities that align TIF, infrastructure investment, and land use planning in this way are far better positioned to deliver housing at scale; all while maintaining long-term fiscal sustainability. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 18 Date: 4/29/2026 4:00:54 PM | ||
| South Side Shake-Up: Ho-Chunk Nation Bets $16 Million On Culture And Housing Hub | ||
Leo's notes: The project—now in WHEDA's tax credit pipeline—reflects a growing model where housing is integrated with culturally specific programming and community services. From a housing perspective, this is an important evolution/ solution: housing is being designed not just as shelter, but as a platform for community identity, stability, and cultural continuity. Projects like this also highlight a broader reality—without tools like LIHTC and layered financing, even innovative, mission-driven developments still hinge on closing complex funding gaps. Definitely a development worth following! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 18 Date: 4/29/2026 5:21:03 PM | ||
| Is Wisconsin projected to need 200,000 more homes to meet demand by 2030? | ||
Leo's notes: Simply put, YES. Research from Forward Analytics and partners highlights a wide range (140,000–227,000 units), reinforcing that regardless of methodology, the gap is substantial and growing. This is not a marginal shortage—it’s a structural deficit. Closing a gap of this scale will require sustained, multi-year increases in production across all housing types, alongside policies that ensure affordability for the lowest-income households who face the most acute shortages. Ken Notes: The links in the article work... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 18 Date: 4/29/2026 5:26:41 PM | ||
| Affordable housing advocates tour new homes for low-income families in Milwaukee | ||
Leo's notes: Milwaukee’s Community Development Alliance’s efforts are part of a broader strategy to advance equitable homeownership, particularly for Black and Latino households, alongside rental preservation and affordability initiatives. This reinforces a critical point: production alone isn’t enough—access and stability matter just as much. CDA’s model shows that pairing new construction with homeowner support systems can begin to reverse long-standing inequities in homeownership and create more durable pathways to generational wealth. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 18 Date: 4/29/2026 5:14:42 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 |