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The fate of Milwaukee's $42 million rental assistance program remains uncertain, after the Milwaukee Housing Authority board delayed a vote on a controversial new contract for a second time.
The Housing Act of 1937 created support for access to affordable housing nationwide and funding for local agencies. The Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM) was established in 1944, and Parklawn became Milwaukee's first public housing development constructed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Section 8 of the Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. § 1437f), commonly known as Section 8, provides rental housing assistance to low-income households in the United States by paying private landlords on behalf of these tenants. Approximately 68% of this assistance benefits seniors, children, and individuals with disabilities. [1]
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City is a 2016 nonfiction book by American sociologist Matthew Desmond.Set in the poorest areas of Milwaukee, Wisconsin during the 2007–2008 financial crisis and its immediate aftermath, the book follows eight families struggling to pay rent to their landlords, many of whom face eviction.
Between March 2023 and March 2024, Milwaukee logged a median rent price of $1,835 per month, according to Rent.com. That's well above the Midwest median of $1,456 but slightly under the national ...
The federal government has approved two rounds of rental assistance, worth more than $46 billion total, that is slowly making its way to renters. How struggling households can get federal rental ...