City of Milwaukee - File #: 250838

• File #: 250838
• Version: 3
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/2/2025
• In control: FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
• Final action: 9/23/2025
• Title: Substitute resolution appropriating up to $750,000 for the Department of Neighborhood Services' Code Compliance Program.
• Sponsors: COMMON COUNCIL
• Indexes: BUILDING-REGULATION, MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
9/29/2025	3	MAYOR	SIGNED
9/23/2025	2	COMMON COUNCIL	AMENDED; Minutes note: Ald. Burgelis moved to amend Common Council File Number 250838 by inserting the following Further Resolved clause immediately after the first Resolved clause: Further Resolved, That the first $500,000 received in repayment of loans issued through the Code Compliance Program after the effective date of this resolution shall be credited to the Partnerships in Affordable Ownership Housing Initiative fund; and, be it There was no objection.	Pass	15:0
9/23/2025	3	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED; Minutes note: All Council members added as sponsors with unanimous consent.	Pass	15:0
9/17/2025	1	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	SUBSTITUTED; Minutes note: This item was reconsidered later in the meeting after item 13, CCFN 250475. Ald. Burgelis moved substitution of the file with Proposed Substitute A. (Prevailed 5-0)	Pass	5:0
9/17/2025	2	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: File was substituted with Proposed Substitute A and relabeled as Substitute 2. Ald. Dimitrijevic requested for information regarding the account balance of the Partnerships in Affordable Ownership Housing Initiative for both before and after allocation is made.	Pass	5:0
9/16/2025	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
9/2/2025	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
250838
Version
SUBSTITUTE 3
Reference

Sponsor
COMMON COUNCIL

Title
Substitute resolution appropriating up to $750,000 for the Department of Neighborhood Services' Code Compliance Program.
Analysis
This resolution allows the use of Partnerships in Affordable Ownership Housing Initiative funding totaling $500,000 for deferred payment loans to households with critical repair needs as a result of recent flooding. This resolution also uses $250,000 of Community Development Block Grant funding.
Body
Whereas, The Department of Neighborhood Services’ Code Compliance Program preserves existing affordable homeownership by providing deferred payment loans to eligible low-income homeowners with critical repair needs to address code violations and similar items that could make homes uninhabitable; and

Whereas, As a result of a catastrophic flooding event which occurred on August 9 and August 10, 2025, Department of Neighborhood Services reports indicate that there are more than 400 homes with critical repair needs within the city of Milwaukee, including emergency repairs required to make homes habitable through furnace, electrical panel, and water heater replacement; and

Whereas, There is an urgent need to assist homeowners in making flood-related repairs prior to the cold weather season and other circumstances that may cause housing displacement; and

Whereas, The Common Council approved funding for various programs during the 2025 Community Development Block Grant funding allocation process; and

Whereas, There are CDBG-funded projects that are not moving forward, have unexpended balances and have program income received that is available to support affordable housing activities including the Code Compliance Program; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee that the Department of City Development is authorized to use up to $500,000 from the Partnerships in Affordable Ownership Housing Initiative fund to r...