housing

David Tomblin, founder of Highgrove Holdings, owns over 200 homes in Milwaukee. His tenants organized to document code violations, leading to lawsuits that threaten to "evict" Tomblin from his properties.

Milwaukee's Community Development Alliance is helping to fill Milwaukee's vacant lots with affordable homes for early childhood educators.

As outside investors buy up Milwaukee’s housing supply and turn it into rentals, one nonprofit uses a comprehensive approach to steadily combat that.

The Lange family has been crafting millwork for decades in the Thurston Woods neighborhood. Now its offspring LUSH (Lange Urban Sustainable Homes) hopes to be part of the solution to Milwaukee's housing challenges.

Over the past decade, Milwaukee has become a city of renters — with the majority of residents renting rather than owning their homes. There are a lot of systemic reasons for that, but a few community organizations are buying their blocks back one home at a time.

Can changes to Milwaukee's zoning code to allow accessory dwelling units, or "granny flats," help make housing more affordable?

For those in southeast Wisconsin who are looking for basic needs like food, housing, clothing or transportation, IMPACT 211 is built to connect them to resources. The call data IMPACT receives can give a glimpse into the health of the area's social safety net.

Communities throughout the U.S. are grappling with an affordable housing crisis. Milwaukee officials hope a new affordable housing development will make a difference.

Some housing experts and lawmakers think changing the capital gains tax on home sales would entice reluctant homeowners to sell, if they've been considering making the move.

Learn about the history and impact of redlining on homeownership as part of WUWM's series, "Seeking Solutions: Keys to Homeownership."