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| |  | Construction has been underway all over Madison as housing needs rise. (Bianca Martin / City Cast) |
| A northside housing project got approval from the city’s Plan Commission to build 163 units of affordable housing. The apartments will be reserved for household incomes of $90,000 or less for a single person or $130,000 for a four person household. The housing project had to be approved quickly or else the federal government incentives would no longer be available. [The Cap Times] | | 🥴 Why is building affordable housing here so complicated? | Wisconsin law prohibits localities from taking some proactive steps to make more affordable housing. Both rent control and income-based zoning mandates (a.k.a. inclusionary zoning) is forbidden by Statute 66.1015. This means that the city can’t force new housing developments to be affordable and can only work to encourage it through state and federal incentives and increasing housing density in the hope that shifts power from landlords to tenants. [State of Wisconsin] | | 🏘️ Wait, doesn’t the city have public housing? | Madison does have Section 8 housing, which is a federal rent subsidy for low-income families, seniors, and people with disabilities. Tenants are given the option of their rent being income based or a flat rent, which is reassessed annually. This system does pay part of the rent for roughly 1,600 low-income households in Madison, but those households are chosen through a competitive housing lottery. Plus, a social worker told The Cap Times, that even if you are in the lucky 1,600 households, it can take a while for the government to send you the funds. [City of Madison, The Cap Times] | |
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| What Madison's Talking About |
|  | Data centers have become a hot button issue in Wisconsin. (Photo by Mark Felix / AFP via Getty Images) |
| ❌ Cottage Grove passes ban on data centers: Following in the footsteps of other Wisconsin localities, including Madison, the village of Cottage Grove passed an 12-month moratorium on new data centers with council members saying they plan on extending it to 18 months. The council plans on using that time to review ordinances, zoning codes, and the village’s land plan. [WMTV15] | | 💨 Wildfire smoke hurt Maxwell Street Days business: The smoke from Canadian wildfires created hazardous air quality on what is normally one of the busiest weekends in downtown Madison. Business owners told Channel 3000 that they had significantly less foot traffic and sales than they would normally have during Maxwell Street days. [Channel 3000] | | 🩺 Nursing School Faculty Requirements Ease: In a bid to address healthcare worker shortages, Gov. Tony Evers approved changes that would allow Registered Nurses to teach clinical courses in nursing schools as long as they met specific criteria. Previously faculty were required to have a masters degree in nursing to teach. [WKOW] | | 🎒 Goodman Community Center’s Backpack Drive: School may seem ages away but registration is already closed to receive school supplies from the Goodman Community Center. Folks can still donate school supplies through Aug. 15 at the Ironworks front desk. [Goodman Community Center] | |
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📰 Extra! Extra! Let's give it up for our three-time champs! The Mad-City Ski Team won the Division 1 Wisconsin State Water Ski Show Championship for the third year in a row. I didn’t even know water ski show competitions existed, but now I am excited to have a team to root for. You can see the water ski champs perform for free most Sundays at Law Park on John Nolan Drive. 🌊 |
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