| Wisconsin Workforce Housing News | ||
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| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 10 - Wk: 100 Date: 8/24/2026 5:23:23 PM | ||
| Sturgeon Bay - Approval of TID #12 Clears Path for West Side Housing Development | ||
Leo's notes: The project is a strong example of how municipalities can use TIF strategically—not simply to subsidize development, but to overcome infrastructure costs and make modestly priced homeownership more feasible. For communities struggling to retain working families, creating attainable ownership opportunities is every bit as important as expanding rental supply. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 35 Date: 8/24/2026 4:15:13 PM | ||
| Southeastern Wisconsin Housing Summit 2026 Recap | ||
Leo's notes: The Southeastern Wisconsin Housing Summit highlighted how closely zoning, financing, infrastructure and workforce housing production are intertwined. With new-home affordability increasingly out of reach for many households, the region’s focus on streamlined approvals, higher-density development and expanded WHEDA tools is well placed. The next test is whether these policy changes translate into a sustained increase in actual housing production. Also great article that names and briefly explains the seven bills recently signed into law. For more information, please look in our NEWSLETTER RESOURCES for a more in depth coverage of each bill. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 35 Date: 8/24/2026 4:17:21 PM | ||
| Wisconsin’s homeless population may be increasing due to rising housing prices and declining economy | ||
Ken Notes: We need to remember there is a very real cost to all Wisconsin citizens for both the homeless and the lack of workforce housing. If we want groceries, retail stores, meat and dairy, hotels, restaurants, not to mention our daily cup of coffee -- we need to provide quality housing near where the service is provided. If we want safer neighborhoods we need to address other issues as well. Working with alcohol, drugs, and mental illness is a very real challenge and working together on these issues seems to be the key to success. The housing first approach has proven to be the most successful and cost effective. For the record I am a fiscal conservative and believe there should be a return on our investments. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 35 Date: 8/24/2026 5:18:38 PM | ||
| Wisconsin Workforce Housing Resources | ||
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| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 10 - Wk: 125 Date: 8/17/2026 9:36:02 PM | ||
| Pope Leo Village brings affordable housing to Milwaukee's Harambee neighborhood | ||
Leo's notes: Milwaukee’s Pope Leo Village significance is the focus on ownership: adding attainable starter homes gives working households an opportunity to build equity and establish long-term roots. Rental production remains essential, but healthy communities need pathways into ownership as well. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 35 Date: 8/24/2026 4:38:37 PM | ||
| HUD funding lags could hit rural Wisconsin hardest | ||
Leo's notes: Wisconsin’s housing shortage makes fair-housing enforcement more important, not less, particularly in rural communities where options and local resources are already limited. Workforce housing policy cannot focus solely on producing units; workers and families must also have equitable access to the homes that are available. Maintaining education and enforcement capacity should be viewed as part of the infrastructure supporting a functional statewide housing market. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 35 Date: 8/24/2026 4:41:32 PM | ||
| $150K grant awarded to NeighborWorks Green Bay to help homebuyers and homeowners | ||
Leo’s notes: NeighborWorks Green Bay’s new funding highlights an important complement to building more workforce housing: helping working households successfully access and sustain homeownership. With the share of Wisconsin homes priced below $350,000 falling sharply, counseling, down-payment assistance and homeowner education can help bridge an increasingly difficult affordability gap. Increasing supply remains essential, but communities also need strong pathways that allow today’s workforce to become tomorrow’s homeowners. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 35 Date: 8/24/2026 4:43:50 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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| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 11 - Wk: 125 Date: 9/2/2025 7:30:59 PM |