CDA – No, you can’t see our WHEDA application.

During the approval of the Allied Drive project, one of the talking points of the CDA advocates was that they would be far more...

Allied Drive – 50% Homeownership

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

Nuisance Abatements and Evictions

I was at a meeting of the Allied Drive Task force and was amazed when one of the Assistant City Attorneys explained how excited...

An agenda for the City

This spring's elections need to be about more than water, trolleys and taxes. Yes, our water needs to be safe to...

Allied.

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

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....

Council Recap: Jan. 22, 2008

Here's the run down of the council meeting that lasted til after 11:00 last night. Sorry, the links will have to wait until...

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...

This is just silly.

Ok - so I heard about this from 3 or 4 people before it was in the newspaper and its been bugging me, but...

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...

Allied: Now the hard work begins . . .

This morning, the Judge approved the City purchase of the Hauk properties. $4.35M.How are we ever going to decide what to do there?...

Allied – About Face!

Gulp. This article in the Wisconsin State Journal is a pretty fair assessment of the situation with Allied Drive. The thumbnail sketch...