Affordable Housing

Three years ago, I attempted to make some changes to the Affordable Housing Trust Fund (nice, they've changed history and removed my name entirely) to allow more use of the $4M that is in the fund. The Mayor opposed those changes. Michael Schumacher removed my name and introduced it last January and still, the changes went no where . . . until now, when the CDA again wants to bend the rules to get the money. $1M of the $4M to create no new units and make current housing less affordable.

Ok - so what's the plan to help those who are on section 8 and had their portion of the rent raised in some...

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A lot of people think that "poor people" are just lazy and sit around and collect government checks. Since I work with "the...

It may be too soon to tell, but I found this article in the Capital Times very interesting.In particular I found this passage very...

Seriously, isn't our housing affordable here in Madison? Take a look . . .

Rob Zaleski's Cap Times article yesterday called Downtown Quickly Becoming a Land of Luxurywas one of those articles where you read the headline and...

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So, I asked a question in a private meeting the other day . . . and I've had people ask me the silliest questions...

A rally to support a state level fix to the property tax exemption issue for non-profits.“Tent City” rally to highlight need to restore property-tax...

Guess what, we have poor people in Madison, and with the economy, that number is growing! That's what some on the Council learned...

So, remember when the Mayor let Inclusionary Zoning die? He promised a committee that was charged to come up with new answers by...