A bill introduced this week would bring Wisconsin law in-line with federal standards that encourage housing authorities to develop projects that offer affordable units along with commercial and market-rate space.
A crowd gathers Friday outside the Milwaukee Soldiers Home as The Alexander Co. and the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee celebrate the start of work restoring the historic site.
Recent real-estate data show a decrease in foreclosures in the greater Milwaukee area, yet members of the Milwaukee Common Council are not taking the good news as reason to rest on their laurels.
The Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee failed to meet federal requirements when hiring and contracting for the first phase of its Westlawn revitalization project, according to a letter from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The first phase of the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee’s Westlawn Neighborhood Revitalization is under review by a federal agency after a local group alleged the city department violated federal hiring requirements.
A lawsuit over the construction of Convent Hill, a low-income housing building in Milwaukee, has expanded to include five architects and two manufacturers as defendants and four new plaintiffs.