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| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 10 - Wk: 100 Date: 5/18/2026 7:18:39 PM | ||
| A Place to Work and a Place to Live: How One Dairy Provides Housing for Nearly All of Its Employees | ||
Leo's notes: The Breys’ approach highlights how workforce housing increasingly overlaps with immigration, economic development and community sustainability. Perhaps most notably, the farm’s strategy reframes housing not simply as compensation, but as part of organizational culture and employee investment. In regions where housing supply remains constrained, employers willing to directly participate in housing delivery may gain a significant competitive advantage in attracting and retaining workers. Ken Notes: This is a double edged sword, it is a great idea for creating quality housing for employees but needs some regulations or legal representation to prevent the 2026 version of indentured servitude. I know some larger city hospitals and doing something similar for nursing and support staff. Also note the photo is from a development in Darlington WI - not the Brey farm... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 21 Date: 5/18/2026 5:39:46 PM | ||
| Peshtigo mayor discusses how the city is creating sustainable growth | ||
Leo's notes: Peshtigo is a great example of how smaller Wisconsin communities are increasingly tying housing policy directly to economic development and long-term population stability. Facing geographic constraints and limited room for outward expansion, their approach focuses on ownership-oriented housing scaled to the realities of a small, land-constrained city. Their blended solution of heritage preservation, walkability, local events and modest workforce housing investment reflects a strategy worth following for smaller regional communities trying to grow without losing their character... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 21 Date: 5/18/2026 4:05:01 PM | ||
| Finding Connection in La Crosse: A Conversation on “Third Places” | ||
Leo's notes: This particular session from last week’s La Crosse Housing Week reflects an important evolution in housing conversations. Creating healthy communities is not only about building units, but also about designing places that encourage interaction, accessibility, and long-term social connection. As communities address workforce and affordable housing shortages, there is growing recognition that public spaces, walkability, community programming, and opportunities for belonging are equally important components of livable neighborhoods. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 21 Date: 5/18/2026 6:56:02 PM | ||
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| 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 | ||
| Home build program helps Green Bay students earn credit and hands-on construction skills | ||
Leo's notes: Through the Bridges Construction & Renovation program in Green Bay, students are not only helping address local affordable housing needs, but also gaining direct pathways into skilled trades careers. The program reflects a broader trend emerging statewide: solving the housing shortage will require more than financing and zoning reform alone. Expanding the construction workforce, creating early career pipelines, and connecting education directly to community development are becoming essential components of long-term housing strategy. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 21 Date: 5/18/2026 6:58:04 PM | ||
| Council Rejects Unusual Affordable Housing Proposal | ||
Leo's notes: The debate at the Milwaukee Common Council highlights a growing tension in affordable housing policy: the difference between increasing the number of income-restricted units and preserving neighborhood control over housing decisions. As a whole, this discussion and decision reflect a larger challenge of balancing the urgent need for affordable and workforce housing against concerns over neighborhood change, local autonomy and trust in outside developers. As construction costs remain high, preservation and acquisition strategies like this are likely to become more common — and more politically contested. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 21 Date: 5/18/2026 5:37:49 PM | ||
| WI energy program cuts costs and carbon in affordable housing | ||
Leo's notes: While this may not be focused on new housing stock, it still directly impacts our workforce households. Many owners of older “naturally affordable” apartments face difficult tradeoffs between maintaining buildings and keeping rents attainable. Programs covering efficiency improvements can help bridge that gap by preserving affordability while improving housing quality. As Wisconsin communities continue grappling with rising housing and utility costs, programs like Efficiency Navigator suggest that housing policy may increasingly extend beyond construction incentives into energy systems, sustainability upgrades and long-term operating costs. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 21 Date: 5/18/2026 5:39:24 PM | ||
| Six Minutes, One Idea: What Madison Voices Taught Us About Housing | ||
Ken Notes: Send us your Pecha Kucha presentation on any Workforce Housing image and we will publish it... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 21 Date: 5/18/2026 7:14:32 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 |