The Sun Sets on Inclusionary Zoning
And no one is going to stop it. After spending over 5 years of my life working on the City's Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance,...
A People’s Vision – Affordable Housing and Development Issues
This one, the issue is obvious, so it was also a little hard to brainstorm around.Here are the items that got the most votes:-...
Better Late than Never – 3/27 Council Meeting Report
So, Tuesday night's Council meeting did not disappoint. There was all the spinning, grandstanding, puffery and otherwise unnecessary talking that you could ask...
Council Recap – The Rest of the Meeting
Continued . . . .BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS#40 SHERMAN TERRACE WATER MAINSRobert Schniker - support - passes on speakingRichard Meyer - Sherman Terrace was...
A sign of the times.
Yesterday, I was the housing counselor at the Tenant Resource Center from 9 to noon. During that time, I had 9 people come...
Allied and Affordable Housing
So, if we get the Hauk properties, the next question we have to face is what would we build on 8 acres of land...
I made a mistake.
Gasp. Horror! That's right, yesterday, I made a mistake. One is bound to do that from time to time. The...
Property Tax Exemption Tonight At Council!
So, the once meaningful resolution has become a feel good resolution, with major modifications that change its intent.1. Originally, the resolution directed the...
City Owned Properties at Allied Drive
The City of Madison made the decision to buy properties on Allied Drive last summer. The properties have 129 apartments and 9 buildings....
The Friday Snarkarama
I have about 30 blog topics in my queue that I haven't gotten to, I might not have snarky comments about all of them,...
6 designs + 6 hours= more design hours for SBA
The Common Council voted 12-7 to not grant an appeal to Steve Brown Apartments (SBA) on their plea of economic hardship in regards to...
Allied Drive . . . February 1st is Coming.
February 1st, the big deadline for the WHEDA application to help make the housing affordable on Allied Drive. And what do we...