Long before COVID-19, affordable housing was one of the Milwaukee’s greatest challenges. Thousands of households were rent burdened, evictions were common, homeownership was declining, and stark racial disparities made these issues particularly challenging for Milwaukee’s Black and Hispanic populations.
In this report, we build on our previous research on public sector housing efforts to examine the roles nonprofit organizations and private developers play in helping to preserve and increase access to affordable housing in Milwaukee. Through a survey of 61 organizations, we provide insight into the scope and scale of non-governmental housing services and activities. We also share key insights from interviews with leaders from 15 of those organizations on the city’s most pressing housing needs, the challenges nonprofits and developers face in their housing work, and potential...
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