Residents have continued pushing their demands to hold Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee leaders accountable.
PrincessSafiya Byers
PrincessSafiya Byers was born and raised in Milwaukee, and is a 2020 graduate of Marquette University, majoring in Journalism and Africana Studies. Her commitment to her community has led her to nonprofit work with local youth and families. She’s also interned with the Milwaukee Community Journal and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and joins Milwaukee NNS as a Report for America Staff Reporter looking to serve democracy by covering issues important to the community.
Posted inCommunity, Housing
Milwaukee gets national attention for collaborative housing effort
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has honored the Greater Milwaukee Foundation for working on housing issues with the Community Development Alliance.
Posted inCommunity, Criminal justice, Housing
How one man is fighting law that lets landlords reject tenants with drug distribution records
Yusuf Dahl has served as president of an apartment owners’ trade group. Yet rental property officials rejected his application after discovering he had been convicted of drug distribution more than two decades earlier.
Posted inArts and Recreation, Community, Education
Music camp teaches Milwaukee students new ways to play
More than 60 students learned how to play the drums, piano and ukelele at Anna F. Doerfler School as part of the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music’s Music Exploration Camp.
Posted inCommunity, NNS Summer Survival Guide
5 Milwaukee Public Library programs you should know about
In collaboration with the Office of Violence Prevention, the Milwaukee Public Library is doing its part to help keep Milwaukee safe and engaged by offering activities throughout its branches even as the summer draws to an end.
Posted inAmani, Amani, Community, Housing, Neighborhoods, North
Amani residents will get to buy 4 affordable homes as part of community land trust program
VIA Community Development Corporation and the Milwaukee Community Land Trust have announced the completion of Milwaukee’s first North Side community land trust homes that will be sold to lower-income buyers.
Posted in"How To" articles, Community
Here’s where you can find free or discounted school supplies (and how you can help others)
The cost of school supplies can add up quickly. Here’s a list of places where you can get free or discounted supplies.
Posted inArts and Recreation, Community
New leader of Bronzeville Center for the Arts plans to celebrate African American art, history and culture
Robert Parker has spent his career preserving African American history as well as developing public history institutions, most recently as the inaugural executive director at The Chickasaw Nation’s Chickasaw Inkana Foundation in Tupelo, Mississippi.
Posted inCommunity, Housing, Layton Boulevard West
VIA launches effort to build affordable starter homes in Milwaukee
VIA Community Development Corporation plans to build 1,100 square-foot starter homes valued at about $110,000.
Posted inCommunity, Economic Development, Northwest
African American Roundtable invests $40,000 in new participatory budget initiative
After years of advocating for a citywide participatory budgeting program, the African American Roundtable has created its own initiative.