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The city of Milwaukee's Department of Neighborhood Services is altering its building-inspection procedures amid the city's COVID-19 outbreak.
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Read More »City likely to cut ties with company in $1.2M deconstruction contract
In another wrinkle for Milwaukee's struggling deconstruction program, local officials are moving to cut ties with a company hired last year to take apart, rather than tear down, 50 blighted houses in the city.
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Read More »Milwaukee extends deconstruction freeze, plans contractor training sessions
Milwaukee officials on Tuesday recommended maintaining a freeze on a policy that had previously required the deconstruction, rather than demolition, of certain dilapidated properties throughout the city.
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Read More »After fits and false starts, Milwaukee officials mark city’s first deconstruction job
City officials celebrated Milwaukee's first deconstruction project on Thursday, admiring the work of a contractor taking apart a vacant house on the city's north side — some two years after a policy was enacted requiring blighted homes to be taken apart instead of torn down.
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Read More »Milwaukee committee favors pausing deconstruction policy, after blight spread in 2018
After seeing the number of condemned properties increase in the city last year, Milwaukee officials voted on Tuesday to recommend postponement for a city policy requiring contractors to deconstruct rather than demolish historic houses.
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Read More »Assembly approves bill relaxing rental regulations
The Wisconsin Assembly approved another Republican bill to protect landlords Tuesday, this time passing a measure that would limit local governments' authority to inspect rental properties and crack down on emotional support animals in apartments.
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Read More »In wake of housing inspector death, Milwaukee leaders consider new safety practices
As Milwaukee leaders consider ways to make employees safer when they’re in the field, one official says he knows some city workers are packing more than just their lunch for a day on the jobsite.
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Read More »Three charged in fatal shooting of city inspector
Three men have been charged with killing a Milwaukee city inspector during an attempted carjacking.
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Read More »5 arrested in death of Milwaukee home inspector
Five people have been arrested in the shooting death of a Milwaukee home inspector.
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Read More »Memorial fund established for slain Milwaukee housing inspector
Gov. Scott Walker is calling for flags around the state to be lowered to half-staff following the death of a Milwaukee housing inspector.
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