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| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 10 - Wk: 100 Date: 2/9/2026 2:57:02 PM | ||
| PESHTIGO MOVES FORWARD WITH PLAN TO BUILD WORKFORCE HOUSING | ||
Leo’s notes: By focusing on “missing middle” homes that teachers, nurses, first responders, and young families can actually afford, the city is addressing the quiet crisis facing many rural communities: without attainable housing, employers can’t recruit, families can’t stay, and towns slowly hollow out. While the financing will require creativity and public-private partnership, the payoff is bigger than rooftops—it’s about sustaining Peshtigo’s workforce, strengthening its tax base, and ensuring the city remains a place where the next generation can live, work, and belong. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 7 Date: 2/9/2026 12:25:00 PM | ||
| Church to demolish existing worship space to build 110 units of affordable housing: `We`ve always been a place of refuge` | ||
Leo’s notes: By choosing to replace underused space with 110 affordable homes, the congregation is responding directly to today’s most urgent need: safe, stable housing for working families and neighbors priced out of their own communities. As housing costs continue to outpace wages, projects like this show how mission-driven institutions can unlock land, align values with action, and help turn compassion into concrete solutions. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 7 Date: 2/9/2026 2:22:17 PM | ||
| Manufactured Home Owners Protection Bill Introduced | ||
Leo’s notes: Manufactured home communities are one of Wisconsin’s last truly affordable housing options, especially for seniors and residents on fixed incomes—and new legislation aims to protect them before it’s too late. The proposal would curb predatory practices by large investors, limit excessive rent hikes, strengthen oversight, and give residents a real chance to purchase their communities when they come up for sale. This bill recognizes a hard truth: preserving affordability isn’t just about building new housing, it’s about protecting the housing we already have and the people who depend on it. Ken Notes: I see an uphill battle here. I wish that communities could do more to control the new ownership of these facilities. The properties are being sold as cash cows to investors and looking at the numbers they are... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 7 Date: 2/9/2026 2:30:31 PM | ||
| Why is Kenosha one of America’s hottest housing markets? | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 7 Date: 2/9/2026 2:43:14 PM | ||
| Wisconsin Workforce Housing Resources | ||
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| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 10 - Wk: 125 Date: 8/21/2025 12:05:28 PM | ||
| Baldwin Secures Over $32 Million in Direct Support for 26 Projects in Southeast Wisconsin in Government Funding Bill | ||
Leo’s notes: The investments highlighted here go beyond bricks and mortar, pairing housing with job training, health care, and community services that help families put down roots. For communities grappling with rising costs and tight supply, this approach reflects a pragmatic path forward—one that treats workforce housing not as a niche program, but as essential economic infrastructure. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 7 Date: 2/9/2026 2:39:04 PM | ||
| Two stalled New Land projects could get financial support from Milwaukee | ||
Leo’s notes: By expanding TIF district assistance beyond deeply affordable housing to include workforce units, the city is signaling a pragmatic shift: growing Milwaukee means not only building more housing, but building the right kinds of homes in the right places to keep the city livable, inclusive, and economically resilient. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 7 Date: 2/9/2026 12:27:56 PM | ||
| Architect transforms historic Lodi school into senior housing and condominiums | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 7 Date: 2/9/2026 2:56:38 PM | ||
| DeForest Community Development Authority Awarded $150,000 State Grant | ||
Leo’s notes: Strategic investments like this—focused on reuse of underutilized land, mixed-use development, and long-term affordability—show how local leadership and state partnership can turn planning goals into real housing opportunities that strengthen both downtowns and communities. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 7 Date: 2/9/2026 12:30:23 PM | ||
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