Common Ground has actively worked to improve Sherman Park for the past eight years, reducing the number of vacant homes from 300 to 60 and redeveloping 75 homes.
Housing
Turnkey program combats foreclosure, but housing challenges remain in Layton Boulevard West
A home program in Layton Boulevard West seeks to provide affordable, energy-efficient homes by renovating foreclosures, but new foreclosures threaten to displace residents.
MCC YouthBuild completes 14th house after almost two years of construction
Milwaukee Christian Center recently unveiled its 14th YouthBuild house, constructed in Walker Square.
Westlawn residents move out, ahead of September demolitions
After winning a $30 million federal grant to rebuild the second half of the Westlawn public housing development, the city of Milwaukee’s housing authority is relocating the first group of residents.
Housing First gives new lease on life to 145 once-chronically homeless people
The Housing First program has decreased the chronically homeless population in the county by 70 percent during its first year of operation.
Habitat for Humanity and Lowe’s ‘Rock the Block’ in Washington Park
More than 80 volunteers came together to repair and beautify 20 homes in the Washington Park neighborhood during “Rock the Block.”
Harambee hopes to create Neighborhood Improvement District to aid property owners
A proposed Neighborhood Improvement District in Harambee would raise money through an assessment to grant to property owners for repairing and improving roofs, porches and windows.
African-American households face higher energy burden, report finds
A recent national report named Milwaukee as a leading city in energy burdens faced by African-American households. Local energy assistance and weatherization programs seek to lessen this burden.
Special Report: Sixteenth Street Health Centers tackles hazards of lead paint in South Side homes
With no city subsidies available for lead abatement on the South Side, Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers points residents to other options to keep children safe from lead poisoning.
Special Report: Risk of poisoning from lead-based paint remains, despite city’s progress
Diminished federal funding for lead-abatement efforts prompted the city to limit subsidies to six North Side ZIP codes, leaving owners of old homes in other neighborhoods scrambling for help.
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