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| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 10 - Wk: 100 Date: 9/8/2026 3:42:16 PM | ||
| UW-Oshkosh study shows impact of zoning changes on workforce housing | ||
Leo's notes: The report’s proposed state-local partnership may be the more consequential takeaway. Pairing zoning reform with technical assistance, municipal incentives and coordinated financing could give smaller communities the capacity to actually use the housing tools Wisconsin... Ken Notes: Leo and I have been advocating for a full team approach to taking on this problem for a while, from State and Local governments, to local builders and developers, to the dozens of organizations administering private, State, Local, and Federal funding - EVERYONE needs to sit down and focus on housing solution that bring our employees back to the ownership fold for workforce housing. OWNERSHIP is the key moving forward, we know how to build apartments, we know how to build 500K homes, we know how to make money, BUT we do not know how to bring our service, retail, and entry level workers into the home ownership market that will allow our economy to continue to thrive. We need entry level affordable housing for our workforce. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 37 Date: 9/8/2026 3:12:21 PM | ||
| 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act provides boost for affordable housing industry | ||
Leo's notes: As we’ve mentioned these last few weeks, the opportunity now is to translate federal reform into local production. The law will not solve high land, infrastructure and construction costs on its own, but reducing regulatory barriers and rewarding communities that actually add housing moves federal policy in the right direction: toward making it easier and less expensive to build the homes Wisconsin’s workforce needs... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 37 Date: 9/8/2026 3:23:38 PM | ||
| Local officials discuss public sector development | ||
Leo's notes: Eau Claire-area leaders are raising an increasingly important question: when private development cannot meet community needs on its own, how active should the public sector become? The goal should not necessarily be for government to replace private developers, but to use public resources strategically enough to make needed projects feasible. Communities willing to assemble sites, finance infrastructure, reduce development risk or participate directly in projects may be better positioned to produce housing the market is otherwise failing to deliver. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 37 Date: 9/8/2026 3:32:31 PM | ||
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| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 10 - Wk: 125 Date: 8/17/2026 9:36:02 PM | ||
| SSM Health, the Madison Development Corporation and Community Partners Celebrate Opening of The Bankston Apartments | ||
Leo's notes: The Bankston Apartments demonstrate how major employers can become active participants in solving the housing challenges affecting their workforce. When healthcare systems and other major employers treat attainable housing near jobs as workforce infrastructure—and invest accordingly—they can help projects move from concept to construction while strengthening employee recruitment, retention and community health. A win for all! Ken Notes: The next step is homeownership! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 37 Date: 9/8/2026 3:16:44 PM | ||
| McShane to Build 52-Unit Affordable Housing Community in Portage, Wisconsin | ||
Leo's notes: Projects like this reinforce why Wisconsin’s housing strategy cannot stop at Madison and Milwaukee. Regional employment centers and smaller communities need sustained affordable and workforce housing production as well, particularly developments that provide enough unit and bedroom diversity to serve workers, families and residents with specialized housing needs. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 37 Date: 9/8/2026 3:18:49 PM | ||
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| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 10 - Wk: 125 Date: 8/13/2026 3:49:48 PM | ||
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