| Wisconsin Workforce Housing News | ||
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| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 10 - Wk: 100 Date: 8/10/2026 4:17:56 PM | ||
| WHEDA Legislative Loan Program | ||
Ken Notes: More details at the link... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 33 Date: 8/10/2026 4:17:23 PM | ||
| Making affordable housing more affordable to build | ||
Leo’s notes: As construction costs, labor shortages and financing pressures challenge workforce housing feasibility, this article brings forward the importance of decisions made before construction begins. Early collaboration, strategic procurement and thoughtful standardization can stretch limited housing dollars without sacrificing quality. Affordability should not mean building cheaper—it should mean designing and delivering housing more intelligently. Ken notes: In my very first version of Wisconsin Workforce Housing News, now more than four years ago, I suggested that in order to build more affordable housing for working Wisconsin we would have to bring developers, contractors, planners, Architects, manufacturers, and elected officials all to the same table. Without this joint unified effort we will never be able to develop truly market rate affordable housing. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 33 Date: 8/10/2026 3:58:06 PM | ||
| The Blue Building To Become Housing | ||
Leo's notes: Strategically repurposing obsolete commercial space can simultaneously add housing, strengthen the tax base, and bring residents closer to jobs and existing infrastructure. The inclusion of workforce units is particularly important—ensuring public investment produces not just more downtown housing, but housing accessible to a broader range of working households... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 33 Date: 8/10/2026 3:47:48 PM | ||
| Council Advances TID #12 And Three TID Expansions | ||
Leo's notes: Sturgeon Bay’s proposed TID expansions would use infrastructure investment to unlock a diverse housing pipeline, including 30 workforce homes, duplexes and a 60-unit affordable development. The use of TIF can be particularly effective in helping to address the upfront infrastructure costs that often prevent attainable housing from penciling out. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 33 Date: 8/10/2026 4:06:27 PM | ||
| Beaver Dam looks at new strategies to meet housing needs | ||
Leo's notes: Beaver Dam’s housing discussion reinforces that communities have more influence over workforce housing production than they may realize. While cities cannot control interest rates or construction costs, they can provide ready sites, predictable approvals, infrastructure and strong developer partnerships. In a competitive market, becoming easier to build can be an effective economic development strategy. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 33 Date: 8/10/2026 4:08:42 PM | ||
| Wisconsin Workforce Housing Resources | ||
| 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: 8/10/2026 5:48:06 PM | ||
| Application process for new Riverside Drive apartment project to begin soon | ||
Leo’s notes: Beloit’s 55-unit Riverside Apartments marks the city’s first large-scale affordable housing development in roughly 15 years, backed by unusually strong local and regional investment. While a major win, Beloit has produced far fewer homes than its housing study says are needed. Sustained partnerships and a repeatable development pipeline will be essential to meeting workforce demand. | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 33 Date: 8/10/2026 3:56:43 PM | ||
| Beloit approves $1 land sale for affordable homes | ||
Leo's notes: Great to see another partnership developing more housing opportunities. The scale is modest, but the strategy is still significant: reducing land costs while investing in established neighborhoods can make workforce housing more feasible... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 33 Date: 8/10/2026 4:01:10 PM | ||
| ENC (Everyone Needs a Community) moves forward on community housing vision | ||
Leo's notes: Marshfield’s proposed 40-unit development broadens the workforce housing conversation by addressing seniors, autistic adults and community connection within one project. As communities plan for an aging population, preserving attainable housing for older residents can also free up existing homes for younger workers and families. It’s inspiring to see ENC expand their offerings by providing options for every stage of life... | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 33 Date: 8/10/2026 4:10:53 PM | ||
| New food innovation center breaks ground in Green Bay | ||
Leo's notes: Green Bay’s new food innovation center brings workforce training, agricultural education and 90 workforce housing units together in one development. Integrating housing directly into workforce investments is the kind of coordinated approach communities should pursue. Ken Notes: I love the community / village approach to housing! | ||
| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 26 - Wk: 33 Date: 8/10/2026 4:04:34 PM | ||
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| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 10 - Wk: 125 Date: 3/23/2026 9:49:04 PM | ||
| List of Housing Resources | ||
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| Click to Display / Share This Note - Vol: 11 - Wk: 125 Date: 9/2/2025 7:30:59 PM |