Homeless? Doors Closing Everywhere
While the holidays bring out extra generosity from the community in the form of gifts for kids and other items - it also poses some real practical problems, like agencies and businesses and other programs being closed. Today is the day when it seems that many of the programs are announcing when they are closed . . . a bad time of the year to be homeless.
More Complete list of Madison Ordianances in Jeopardy
This list still isn't complete, but its teh list of the Madison ordinances to protect tenants that are at risk due to LRB 1931 or now known as AB183. Hearing tomorrow at 10:00. Public_Notice_5-2-13_Housing_and_Real_Estate
Liars.
Can you believe this?
City Week Ahead
Committees will have new faces this week with the new alders and switches in assignments . . .
Embedded Bruer
Quite often in politics, it is much easier to elect the incumbent than to sit and think and compae the candidates and figue out...
Protests everywhere . . .
In several states and throughout Wisconsin.
1st & Last Pitch for Shared Open Spaces by Mary Jo Walters
First and LAST PITCH for SHARED OPEN SPACES in highly commercial areas of downtown Madison, Wisconsin.
Anti-Tenant Bill – Back to the Drawing Board
It was a "hot mess" as the kids say! So many issues with AB561/SB466 were raised during testimony yesterday, that they have to redraft the bill or make multiple amendments to clarify and fix unintended consequences.
New Obstacle to Allowing Homeless to Legally Camp
The city and county are just bound and determined to keep it illegal for homeless to camp anywhere in Dane County. Here's the latest obstacle the County Parks Departments sprung on us yesterday within two hours of being in the campground - their new magical rules they made up.
Random Round Up
All kinds of things going on, they are not full posts on their own . . . so here they are mashed together!
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Candidates Tapped as Most Likely to Solve City’s Housing Crisis
Sorry - we gave no money. Not as sexy. Funny, we only endorsed two who got money from the Chamber of Commerce - coincidence - or clear difference of opinion of what we need for this city? Or, was it because those who got money from the Chamber didn't bother responding to our survey? See where their priorities are - with the people who need their help, or the people who can help them with money?
CDA again attempts to raid Affordable Housing Trust Fund
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.