Housing

Milwaukee’s embattled public housing authority has failed to reimburse the city for staff who are on the payroll in another city department. It’s the latest financial miscue for the agency that oversees public housing properties across the city.

President and CEO of the Wisconsin Bankers Association shares her take on what the industry is facing amid nationwide economic uncertainty.

Thanks to Milwaukee’s unusual twist on the common tax incremental district subsidy, 74 affordable homes are going up on vacant lots.

Richard Price talks with WPR’s “BETA” about his latest novel. It’s inspired by the tragic true story of a gas leak, an explosion and the collapse of a five-story tenement in East Harlem in 2014. 

The $2.8 million discrepancy in HACM’s books had attracted federal regulators in 2022. Now, the agency is making cuts.

Since 2017, communities and developers have sought state grants or tax credits to redevelop around 20 schools as Wisconsin contends with a housing shortage.

The report shows housing in the state’s capital city growing by 37 percent since 2005. The city had 138,000 new units last year.

It’s been gas station tycoon’s HQ and a Greyhound station. Now, there’s a new chapter coming for the Clark Building, as its owner sees an unmet demand in downtown Milwaukee.

A federal lawsuit accuses Greystar and Willow Bridge — both multi-state corporate landlords — of anti-competitive price manipulation.

This fall, a four-story mixed-use building is expected to open in downtown Appleton. The more than 120,000-square-foot space will feature the historic museum, classrooms and community apartments.