River Hills plans condo complex to recoup costs of ending housing suit

September 10, 2020 3:06 pm Leave a comment

River Hills is proposing developing a condominium complex on land it plans to buy as part of a settlement in a suit accusing the village of shutting out a senior housing project.

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River Hills to buy land for senior housing to end lawsuit

August 25, 2020 3:40 pm Leave a comment

A rendering shows plans for the proposed Farm at River Hills residential project, which is to be built in the village of River Hills in Milwaukee County. The village is planning to buy land to settle a lawsuit brought by a company that had proposed the project and later alleged that local zoning policies were in effect placing a ban on the construction of affordable housing. (Rendering courtesy of HGA)

The Milwaukee suburb River Hills plans to buy 55 acres of land once meant for a senior-housing complex and use it in the settlement of a lawsuit accusing village officials of flouting state and federal housing law.

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GATED COMMUNITY?: Landowner questions village’s effective ban on affordable housing

November 12, 2019 3:47 pm Leave a comment

A rendering showing plans for the proposed Farm at River Hills residential project, which is to be built in the village of River Hills in Milwaukee County. The landowner who had bought land for the project is suing the village after alleging local zoning policies place an effective ban on the construction of affordable housing. (Rendering courtesy of HGA)

A landowner is suing the affluent Milwaukee suburb of River Hills, arguing the village's restrictive housing policies have led to the rejection of a proposed apartment development and violations of state and federal law.

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