affordable housing

In Wisconsin, homelessness is on the rise, and disabled people are hit particularly hard.

In their biggest ruling on homelessness in decades, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that cities can prohibit homeless people from using pillows, blankets, or cardboard boxes for protection while sleeping outside within city limits.

Creating more affordable housing is a need throughout the Northwoods, but one major challenge with it is bringing developers to the area to build housing.Minocqua seems to have found a solution to it.

Finding affordable housing is becoming harder and harder these days, but the former Rodeway Inn in Rhinelander will soon give low-income individuals and families, and seasonal workers a place to call home

The Lac du Flambeau Chippewa Housing Authority is investing $24 million in the community.It will help build 20 new homes and rehabilitate 24 existing ones.

Right now, construction is underway on a new 68-unit apartment complex in Merrill.SC Swiderski broke ground on Alexander Estates earlier this month.

After more than a decade leading the Northwoods Alliance for Temporary Housing, executive director Tammy Modic is leaving the organization. She reflects on how housing in the Northwoods has changed during her tenure.

The Rhinelander City Council Planning Commission has approved a proposal to convert a Rhinelander motel into affordable, low-income housing. The conversion would add 30 apartment units to the city’s housing stock.

The vandalism makes a public spectacle of a landlord’s dispute with a renter he’s trying to evict and also shines a light on the need for affordable housing in the city.

Climbing interest rates are starting to cool the blazing housing market in cities across the country. But in places like Ironwood, where the housing stock is cheaper and many buyers can afford to pay in cash, interest rates have less of an effect. So, Ironwood is getting creative.