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| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 10 - Wk: 100 Date: 8/17/2026 3:58:52 PM | ||
| Changes in Wisconsin tax credit program target workforce housing, childcare investments | ||
Leo'a notes: Incentivizing businesses to invest in housing beyond their own employees could bring an important new source of private capital into community housing efforts. Solving the workforce housing shortage will require employers to become active partners, not simply beneficiaries of new supply. Ken Notes: Link to WEDC Seminar video at the link. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 34 Date: 8/17/2026 3:30:18 PM | ||
| Wisconsin awards $50M for nearly 1,900 affordable housing units | ||
Leo's notes: Wisconsin’s latest $50 million investment shows the value of targeting the specific financing gaps that keep otherwise viable housing from moving forward. With nearly 1,900 units supported through adaptive reuse, infrastructure and Main Street redevelopment programs, the state is demonstrating that workforce housing requires more than a single funding tool. Flexible capital that responds to different development barriers is essential to turning housing demand into actual supply. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 34 Date: 8/17/2026 3:18:44 PM | ||
| In Wisconsin, Sala Hars elevates middle-income housing with a gridded enfilade plan clad in brick | ||
Leo's notes: This Wisconsin project is a useful reminder that middle-income housing should not be treated as a lesser design exercise. SALA HARS demonstrates how thoughtful planning, durable materials and architectural character can be incorporated into housing intended for working households—an important counterpoint to the idea that affordability must come at the expense of quality. As Wisconsin expands workforce housing production, the goal should be not simply more units, but well-designed homes and neighborhoods that remain desirable for generations. Ken Notes: READ THIS ARTICLE. We need an array of housing solutions and this one is unique. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 34 Date: 8/17/2026 3:43:32 PM | ||
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| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 10 - Wk: 125 Date: 8/17/2026 9:36:02 PM | ||
| Copper Rocks development among projects awarded WHEDA loans | ||
Leo's notes: WHEDA financing for Copper Rocks helps move La Crosse’s long-planned redevelopment of the former Kmart site closer to reality, turning an obsolete commercial property into a mixed-use neighborhood with new housing. Projects like this show why workforce housing programs must do more than support greenfield construction—they should also help communities overcome the cost barriers to reclaiming underused sites. Strategic financing can turn yesterday’s commercial spaces into tomorrow’s housing supply... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 34 Date: 8/17/2026 3:32:45 PM | ||
| Lotus Company proposes affordable housing redevelopment at Essen Haus and Come Back In site | ||
Leo's notes: The proposed 200-unit redevelopment presents Madison with the familiar challenge of balancing neighborhood concerns with the urgent need to add housing in well-connected, high-demand areas. Design, historic context and transportation impacts deserve thoughtful consideration, but density is also what makes it possible to meaningfully expand affordable housing on scarce urban land. The strongest outcome will be a project that responds to its surroundings without losing the housing production that makes the redevelopment worthwhile. Ken Notes: Developers "maxed out" the site because it is a valuable piece of land... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 34 Date: 8/17/2026 3:52:07 PM | ||
| $11.2 Million In State Loans Fuel Six Milwaukee Housing Projects | ||
Leo's notes: More than $11 million in housing tax credits flowing to Milwaukee County demonstrates both the scale of the region’s housing need and the number of projects positioned to respond. Importantly, the awards support everything from new construction to adaptive reuse and rehabilitation, reinforcing that solving the workforce housing shortage requires both adding new homes and preserving existing affordable supply. To be more spread throughout the state, rural communities must pair local development capacity with these varied and dependable financing tools... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 34 Date: 8/17/2026 3:37:06 PM | ||
| Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority Awards $344K To Couleecap, $11K To Habitat | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 34 Date: 8/17/2026 3:56:46 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 |