Bill would create incentives to build in rural areas

January 7, 2020 3:32 pm Leave a comment

The Dodge County Housing Authority’s Oak Grove Development in Horicon involves the construction of 10 rental duplexes that will provide 20 units of affordable family housing. (Rendering courtesy of Dodge County Housing)

A state panel on Tuesday advanced a bill that would create a $10 million pilot program to back the construction of more affordable housing in rural areas, development that has been stunted since the Great Recession.

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BUILDING BLOCKS: Ajax project in Racine

November 13, 2019 11:23 am Leave a comment

(Rendering courtesy of the city of Racine)

The project will entail the demolition of two old industrial structures and their replacement with one apartment building with 87 market-rate units and one with 54 units for low-income tenants.

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State awards $500,000 for projects to fight homelessness

September 20, 2019 9:51 am Leave a comment

Thirteen Wisconsin agencies will receive a total of $500,000 in grants to help people experiencing homelessness.

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Evers re-appoints Gamboa as WHEDA board chair

April 29, 2019 3:40 pm Leave a comment

Gov. Tony Evers has reappointed Ivan Gamboa as chairman of the Board for the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority.

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Racine County appeals to housing developers, despite Foxconn uncertainty

September 12, 2018 1:49 pm Leave a comment

People attend a day-long summit Wednesday in Racine to hear about the impact the Foxconn project will have on the demand for new housing. (Staff photo by Rick Benedict)

As Foxconn's massive Mount Pleasant factory emerges, Racine County needs dense, affordable housing suited to the thousands of workers expected to follow the company’s jobs.

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State authorizes $20,000 worth of grants to help Sun Prairie

July 24, 2018 1:51 pm Leave a comment

Gov. Scott Walker is announcing that $20,000 in disaster relief grants will be available to help victims of this month's natural gas explosion in Sun Prairie.

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Work begins on affordable housing project in Milwaukee

February 22, 2018 3:01 pm Leave a comment

Construction for SEVEN04 PLACE, a new 60-unit affordable-housing development in the Walker’s Point neighborhood of Milwaukee, started on Thursday.

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Milwaukee Soldiers Home project, 25 others to receive low-income housing tax credits from WHEDA

May 16, 2017 3:22 pm Leave a comment

Twenty-six projects will receive $13.6 million in low-income housing tax credits to help with the construction of more than 1,300 affordable-housing units throughout the state, Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch announced Tuesday.

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