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Wisconsin Has A “Smart Growth” Law To Encourage Housing, But No One Is Enforcing It

Wisconsin Has A “Smart Growth” Law To Encourage Housing, But No One Is Enforcing It

Planner Robin Palm has been willing to go to court over a proposal in Wauwatosa.

Milwaukee County Is Funding Affordable Housing In Suburbs

Milwaukee County Is Funding Affordable Housing In Suburbs

Multi-year effort aims to address shortage, reduce disparities in communities that once opposed such housing.

Gov. Evers Signs Five Bipartisan Affordable Housing Bills

Gov. Evers Signs Five Bipartisan Affordable Housing Bills

Package designed to increase supply of housing, increasing affordability.

Bipartisan Bills Target State’s Affordable Housing Gap

Bipartisan Bills Target State’s Affordable Housing Gap

Wisconsin needs to build 120,000 additional rental units, WHEDA leader says.

Republicans Concerned About Housing Shortage, Local Zoning Rules

Republicans Concerned About Housing Shortage, Local Zoning Rules

Need for more housing pushes conservatives to consider loosening local zoning rules.

State Has Severe Workforce Housing Shortage

State Has Severe Workforce Housing Shortage

Suburbs often unaffordable for their workers. Waukesha County has worst shortage.

Outside Investors, Labor Shortage Hamper Milwaukee Affordable Housing Efforts

Outside Investors, Labor Shortage Hamper Milwaukee Affordable Housing Efforts

But groups pushing forward on effort to create 5,000 new homeowners of color.

Bill Would Criminalize Homeless Living on Public Property

Bill Would Criminalize Homeless Living on Public Property

The Republican-sponsored bill received a hearing in the state Assembly.

State Republicans Propose New Zoning and Development Bills

State Republicans Propose New Zoning and Development Bills

Gov. Evers called it a "good step" toward addressing affordable housing shortage.

Groups Target Racial Home Ownership Gap

Groups Target Racial Home Ownership Gap

Just 26% of Blacks in Wisconsin own their home compared to 72% of whites.

How Pandemic Could Reshape Our Cities

How Pandemic Could Reshape Our Cities

Fewer cars, more housing and sustainable infrastructure in cities like Milwaukee?

The State of Politics: Mortgage Crisis Hit African Americans and Hispanics Hardest
The State of Politics

Mortgage Crisis Hit African Americans and Hispanics Hardest

Drop in homeownership among African-Americans and Hispanics underlines an affordable housing crisis since the Great Recession.

Minimum Wage Workers Can’t Afford Housing

Minimum Wage Workers Can’t Afford Housing

Even “affordable” apartments unaffordable for low-wage workers in Milwaukee, experts say.