The Wisconsin Supreme Court voted to reduce the time most eviction records can be kept on the state court website from 20 years to two years.
Heiner Giese
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Wisconsin eviction process: What happens to a tenant’s property?
When people are evicted, they often lose their belongings as well as their homes. Here’s what you need to know.
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Out-of-state landlords are increasingly buying up property in Milwaukee. Here’s what that means for our neighborhoods.
Predatory investors have been crowding out would-be homebuyers in Milwaukee. Housing advocates say this phenomenon hurts not only low- to moderate-income homebuyers but renters and ultimately neighborhoods as well.
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Group seeks to limit the number of years evictions remain searchable. Here’s what you need to know.
Legal Action is petitioning to reduce the length of time eviction records are held and searchable from 20 years to one year in cases where there is no money owed. Here’s what you need to know.
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Landlords are not always the ‘bad guys,’ report suggests
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.