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Art Dahlberg may be moving to Cincinnati, but that’s not going to take the Packers fan out of him.
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Read More »Milwaukee code enforcement head leaving job
Deconstruction of Milwaukee homes provides benefits, but at a higher cost 
An experimental program that often employs ex-convicts to deconstruct abandoned houses in Milwaukee provides valuable apprenticeships to city residents and salvages useful materials but also threatens to cost twice as much as standard mechanical demolition.
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Read More »Milwaukee church under construction partially collapses (UPDATE)
A church under construction on Milwaukee's northwest side has partially collapsed.
Read More »Milwaukee searches for salvage market
Milwaukee officials want to proceed with a plan to salvage fixtures and building materials from foreclosed homes despite concerns that there is no resale market.
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Read More »Uniform code lacks uniform response
Milwaukee officials have drafted an ordinance that would require special inspections of construction projects to prevent accidents like one that left a 15-year-old boy dead after a concrete panel fell off the O’Donnell Park parking garage.
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Read More »Milwaukee approves home repair fund
A contentious Milwaukee home repair loan program won Common Council approval Tuesday after last-minute alterations.
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Read More »Milwaukee tweaks home-repair loans
Milwaukee aldermen are still debating the eligibility requirements for a home-repair loan program even as the proposal nears a final vote.
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Read More »Home repair proposal hits snags
Concerns that Milwaukee could become a “substitute bank for high-risk loans” at least temporarily derailed a proposal to use city money to support a home repair venture.
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Read More »Porch work lacked proper permits before collapse
The owner of a Milwaukee apartment building where multiple porches collapsed last week must get permits to demolish a stairwell and open a second entrance before letting residents return.
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Read More »Lawmaker would benefit from his landlord bill
A Republican lawmaker pushing a sweeping landlord-tenant bill would himself benefit from one of its provisions.
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