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Builders urge mandate for home production as supply dries up in Wisconsin
With the state holding onto nearly $200 million for housing, builders urged for a clear mandate to produce single-family, entry-level homes to quell housing insecurities.
Amid rising home prices, Richland Center residents decry building housing on park
In the national war for affordable housing, a familiar battle is raging in Richland Center, a city in a Driftless Area surrounded by wilderness and farm fields.
Madison adds 386 new homes in May as housing demand rises
Madison added 386 new homes in May 2025, the city's biggest monthly boost this year.
Developer proposes more than 700 units in Pleasant Prairie
Bond Companies wants to use village financial assistance to build hundreds of apartments.
Twin Cities single-family housing starts up slightly
Developers and builders continue to put a watchful eye on the Federal Reserve.
Housing permitting slows, adding to affordability concerns
As housing has become increasingly unaffordable in Wisconsin and nationally since 2021, our state has issued more permits for housing construction.
Wisconsin housing permits out of step with costs, report shows
Housing permits jumped during the pandemic and flattened after amid high house prices and building costs.
The US housing slump deepened this spring. Where does that leave home shoppers and sellers?
Sales declined in March, April and May of this year, and indications are that June saw a pullback as well.
A record number of Americans can’t afford their rent. Lawmakers are scrambling to help
By JESSE BEDAYN and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Single mom Caitlyn Colbert watched as rent for her two-bedroom apartment doubled, then tripled and then quadrupled […]
Milwaukee County pushes for affordable housing in suburbs to narrow disparities
Officials invest millions of dollars to tackle a mismatch between where residents work and can afford to live. Success will require loosening zoning laws, experts say.
Wingspan Development Group completes apartment complex in Brookfield
Developers cited high demand for housing and low vacancy rates as apartment projects pop up all over Waukesha County.
Milwaukee unveils plan to boost population with denser housing
The plan ties in with the mayor's overarching goal to grow Milwaukee's population to one million.
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- Kenosha firm completes largest private affordable housing project in Wisconsin
- After federal DEI rollback, Wisconsin DBE recertifications plummet
- Milwaukee Tool plans 141,000-square-foot expansion in Menomonee Falls
- Wisconsin Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of June 1, 2026
- Milwaukee County investment helped bring Whitefish Bay development to life
- Milwaukee considers 12-story, 200-unit Harbor District apartment plans
- Wauwatosa students take next steps to ‘irreplaceable’ construction jobs
- Racine starts $130 million lead service line replacement project
- Federal court shelves lawsuit seeking to dismantle DBE program
- Oshkosh to buy City Center for $12.5 million
- Warehouse hoped to be hotel suffers fire in Milwaukee
- TOP BIDDERS: The biggest recent winning bids from around Wisconsin
Project Profiles
- First prefabricated bridge in US installed in Eau Claire County
- Illinois developer worked with Wisconsin contractor to build 258-unit Wauwatosa apartment complex
- VJS Construction raises the roof for Bruce Guadalupe Community School expansion project
- Microgrid pilot project will store energy for village affected by outages
- Dane County sees uptick in highway work zone crashes, on track to exceed last year
- The Hop streetcar will debut newest service route in fall with limited service
- FPC Live slims venue proposal to 1 downtown building
- Children’s Hospital urgent care center in Milwaukee gets first round of city approval
- With Sonag Construction shut down, feds move to block indicted owner from collecting leftover assets
- Four contractors selected to build border wall prototypes
- UW-Milwaukee’s Greenstreet shaping minds (and the city)
- Turning the Corner(s) (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)