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Here’s why Milwaukee’s Black homeownership rates are low (plus resources you can use)

December 7, 2022 by PrincessSafiya Byers Leave a Comment

Experts say to understand the homeownership crisis in full, you must know both the historical and current barriers Black Milwaukeeans face today.

Filed Under: Community, Housing Tagged With: Black homeownership, George Hinton, Heather Dummer Combs, Homeownership, housing, Regina Williams, Social Development Commission, Take Root Milwaukee, Wisconsin Policy Forum

As temperatures dip, Milwaukee has only one warming room open  

December 2, 2022 by PrincessSafiya Byers 1 Comment

As temperatures drop to dangerously low levels, the Repairers of the Breach, 1335 W. Vliet St., said its warming room is the only one that’s open.

Filed Under: Community, Housing Tagged With: homelessness, housing, James West, Repairers of the Breach, warming rooms

‘Living in the shadows of the system’: Rise in deaths of homeless people highlight gaps in services  

November 9, 2022 by Devin Blake Leave a Comment

There has been a significant increase in deaths over the past several years among people who don’t have a regular place to live but fail to meet the standard definition of homelessness.

Filed Under: Community, Housing Tagged With: addiction, badgercare, Beth Lappen, CleanSlate Center, Community Medical Services, David Polachowski, emily kenney, First Step Community Recovery Center, Glorieceliz Hernandez, harm reduction, homelessness, homicide, housing, Hunger Task Force, IMPACT 211, Karen Domagalski, MAT, Medicaid, Milwaukee County Housing Division, Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office, milwaukee fire department, National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, opioids, Patricia Guitierrez, photo identification, Sherrie Tussler, Stephanie Nowak, Street Angels Milwaukee Outreach, umos, US Department of Housing and Urban Development, West Milwaukee Comprehensive Treatment Center

Can Milwaukee become the first city in the nation to end long-term family homelessness? These leaders think so.

October 5, 2022 by PrincessSafiya Byers 1 Comment

Milwaukee is on track to be the first city in the nation to end long-term family homelessness, according to officials from the United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County’s Safe & Stable Homes Initiative.

Filed Under: Community, Housing Tagged With: Emily Olson, IMPACT 211, Krystina Kohler, Safe and Stable Homes Initiative, U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County

Acts Housing has launched program to buy homes to be resold to residents at affordable prices

September 15, 2022 by PrincessSafiya Byers 2 Comments

Homes purchased through the Homeowner Acquisition Fund will be available to residents who have completed homebuyer education classes.

Filed Under: Community, Housing

NNS Spotlight: ‘I get to ask questions’: Elmer Moore Jr. plunges into new role at Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority

September 13, 2022 by PrincessSafiya Byers Leave a Comment

Elmer Moore Jr. says he has the best of everything in his new role as the CEO of the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, or WHEDA.

Filed Under: Community, Housing, NNS Spotlight Tagged With: Abra Fortson, City Commissioner, Elmer Moore Jr., George Hinton, housing, Lafayette Crump, Scale up Milwaukee, Social Development Commission, Tony Evers, wheda

‘They help us find a common ground’: How Mediate Milwaukee serves tenants and landlords

September 6, 2022 by PrincessSafiya Byers 4 Comments

Mediate Milwaukee, 1915 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, is a nonprofit that provides free mediation services for tenants and landlords.

Filed Under: Community, Housing Tagged With: Amy Koltz, covid-19, Dean Fiorentino, Eviction, foreclosure, Franklin Colon, Joanne Lipo-Zovic, mediate milwaukee, Rent Assistance, Shawn Payne

Landlords are not always the ‘bad guys,’ report suggests

July 6, 2022 by PrincessSafiya Byers 2 Comments

A report from the Apartment Association of Southeastern Wisconsin says landlords suffer damage when evicting, undercutting a narrative of “bad” landlords quick to evict because of small amounts owed.

Filed Under: Community, Housing Tagged With: “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City”, AASEW, Apartment Association of Southeastern Wisconsin, Community Advocates, deb heffner, Eviction, Heiner Giese, housing, Matt Desmond, Milwaukee Right to Counsel, Peter Hepburn, Rental Housing Resource Center, renting, The Eviction Lab

Milwaukee County supervisors split on community participation in addressing housing crisis

June 29, 2022 by PrincessSafiya Byers Leave a Comment

A vote on a subcommittee to allow more community involvement in addressing housing inequities reveals a split board.

Filed Under: Community, Housing Tagged With: african american roundtable, American Rescue Plan Act, Angela Harris, Anthony Staskunas, arpa, Deanna Alexander, Dyango Zerpa, Felesia Martin, Human Needs and Strategic Planning Committee, Juan Miguel Martinez, Kathleen Vincent, Liz Sumner, Marcelia Nicholson, Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors, Milwaukee County Clerk George Christenson, Peter Burgelis, Priscilla Coggs, Ryan Clancy, Sequanna Taylor, Shawn Rolland, Sheldon Wasserman, Steve Taylor, Steven Shea, Willie Johnson Jr.

African American Roundtable calls for more resident participation in the spending of American Rescue Plan Act funds

May 27, 2022 by PrincessSafiya Byers Leave a Comment

The African American Roundtable on Thursday called for residents’ participation in budgeting as the City of Milwaukee receives the second half of American Rescue Plan Act funding.

Filed Under: Housing

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