Wednesday Round Up
Today is Friday for me, as I get to enjoy another 4 day weekend (Steel Bridge Music Festival in Door County!), then panic when...
Housing: What’s Next?
Anyone who lives in Madison knows that finding a good place to live that you can afford is a bit of a struggle, even...
Inclusionary Zoning Updates
As the market slowed, so did the production of housing, including inclusionary zoning units, but we recently got an update that although there were...
Housing Diversity Committee Meets For First Time!
Report due July 1, 2009. Ooops!Remember this, this is the committee that is going to come up with a plan to accomplish the...
CDA & the City: Just ignore the Contract!
The CDA, or Community Development Authority, is in the news for wanting to be the developer for Allied Drive and some hiring and contracting...
Rent Going UP – $1-1.5 Million!
What happens when over 1,000 affordable housing units that were previous tax exempt suddenly have to pay property taxes? Evictions, rent increases, affordable...
Tonight! People’s Vision for Affordable Housing
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...
Lies! Don’t Believe Everything You Read!
Ok - there must be some sort of glitch in the universe, where facts can now just be made up. Put down the...
Possible Housing Solutions
After brainstorming the various housing issues in the areas of tenant/landlord, homelessness, discrimination and affordable housing/development the three groups brainstormed possible solutions to the...
People’s Affordable Housing Vision Tomorrow
Planning the next steps . . . and where to begin . . .
TIF Policy – What’s Next?
The committee finally finished its report! Only a year late!The report is done and now it goes off to the Board of Estimates...
What’s Next for Affordable Housing?
I am one of the founding members of the Affordable Housing Action Alliance that formed in 1997. This group formed because housing issues had...