Affordable Housing

A rally to support a state level fix to the property tax exemption issue for non-profits.“Tent City” rally to highlight need to restore property-tax...

Here it is, lets find out who got screwed this week! FEE SPEECHWhile we continue to talk about the impact of money in local...

Well, here we go, some of the issues I have raised about affordable housing on Allied Drive, the property the City bought there and...

As the market slowed, so did the production of housing, including inclusionary zoning units, but we recently got an update that although there were...

At noon today, Phil Salkin presented a plan to "amend" the inclusionary zoning ordinance for the City of Madison to the Mayor's workgroup. Phil...

So, people have weighed in through several newspaper articles, the Mayor sends staff off to work on various tasks, some emails to alders are...

The City of Madison made the decision to buy properties on Allied Drive last summer. The properties have 129 apartments and 9 buildings....

"Galoot" on thedailypage forum asked what Cities can do for affordable housing beyond the state and federal programs such as Section 8. It's...

Sigh. I don't think I can sit through another meeting on Allied, but I have one today and there's one more tomorrow. ...

Seriously, it didn't! It has some flaws that need fixing, but all the dire predictions don't seem to be true. Last week...

Just as Dane County Housing Authority opened their Section 8 waiting list (now closed since October 12, 2007) for the first time in 5...

Three years ago, I attempted to make some changes to the Affordable Housing Trust Fund (nice, they've changed history and removed my name entirely) to allow more use of the $4M that is in the fund. The Mayor opposed those changes. Michael Schumacher removed my name and introduced it last January and still, the changes went no where . . . until now, when the CDA again wants to bend the rules to get the money. $1M of the $4M to create no new units and make current housing less affordable.