by Sonya Jongsma Knauss Voters sent a clear mandate for reform to county government in last month’s elections, where Penny Podell of Shorewood was one of three Supervisors unable to survive a recall election. In the six-way primary, Podell garnered 23% of the vote and was narrowly edged out by Gerry Broderick and Mark Goff, […]
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Gentrification: Artists and Yuppies Working Together
Artists who just want a space of their own may have difficulty with the idea that their own way of life might drive them and other people out of the neighborhood. This special feature includes links to many readings on the web, excerpts from Milwaukee’s Housing Strategy, a poem about Chicago’s Wicker Park Yuppification, and Gentrification Resistance Tools for Freak Bohemians.
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CoHousing — An Alternative Way to Live
by Vince Bushell The following is a summary of a presentation given in Madison at the Friends Meeting House by Nick Meima on May 16. Meima lives in a Cohousing community in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and he also designs and helps develop new Cohousing communities. Madison has at least one Cohousing community with about 18 […]
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Cohousing — An Alternate Way to Live
The following is a summary of a presentation given in Madison at the Friends Meeting House by Nick Meima on May 16. Meima lives in a Cohousing community in Ann Arbor Michigan, and he also designs and helps develop new Cohousing communities. Madison has at least one Cohousing community with about 18 units in operation, […]
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Metro Milwaukee Fair Housing Council (MMFHC) and Partners Declare, “Don’t Borrow Trouble!”
Predatory lending. It sounds bad. It is bad. And it’s a growing problem in Milwaukee. Predatory loans can come from lenders, brokers, or home improvement contractors. According to a joint HUD/Treasury report to Congress, in involves lending practices that: • engage in deception or fraud • manipulate the borrower through aggressive sales tactics • take unfair advantage of […]
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