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

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

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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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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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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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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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The Madison City Council has approved investing $4.4 million in four affordable housing projects.

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Alliant Energy Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Tom Hanson has announced his intent to retire from the company on Dec. 31.

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