Affordable Housing

One thing I learned from inclusionary zoning is that the development community doesn't all think alike. In fact, often, two people from the same...

Gasp. Horror! That's right, yesterday, I made a mistake. One is bound to do that from time to time. The...

Well, here we go, some of the issues I have raised about affordable housing on Allied Drive, the property the City bought there and...

When the consent agenda came out with only Pham-Remmele separating items for discussion, I got several "Thuy Alert!" emails. I struggled with whether...

So, people have weighed in through several newspaper articles, the Mayor sends staff off to work on various tasks, some emails to alders are...

In 2002, then Alds. Todd Jarrell and Tom Powell worked very hard to pass an Affordable Housing Trust Fund. I'll admit, I was...

I was unable to be at the evening meeting due to the fact that I had to go to a funeral north of Milwaukee...

So, the once meaningful resolution has become a feel good resolution, with major modifications that change its intent.1. Originally, the resolution directed the...

The Inclusionary Zoning law went away about a year and a half ago, a committee was formed, they were told to solve the problem without money and they have talked and talked and talked and talked and nothing has happened, cuz, how can it, without money? Now more than ever, we need a concerted grass roots effort to make sure our local government is doing more to expand housing opportunities for everyone in our community.

Meeting called to order, a minute or two after noon. Minutes approved, no Mario to give an update. No Bill Clingan to...

Sigh. I don't think I can sit through another meeting on Allied, but I have one today and there's one more tomorrow. ...

To hear the City's Economic Development Director and the Mayor speak, we don't need any more affordable housing, in fact, we need to send...