City of Milwaukee - File #: 211741

• File #: 211741
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/1/2022
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 3/22/2022
• Title: Resolution endorsing the goals and recommendations of Milwaukee’s Collective Affordable Housing Plan.
• Sponsors: ALD. COGGS, ALD. DIMITRIJEVIC, ALD. HAMILTON, ALD. MURPHY, ALD. PEREZ, ALD. LEWIS, ALD. DODD
• Indexes: HOUSING

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
3/29/2022	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
3/22/2022	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED; Minutes note: Ald. Lewis added as a cosponsor.	Pass	14:0
3/15/2022	0	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	AMENDED; Minutes note: Appearing: Lafayette Crump, Dept. of City Development Commissioner Teig Whaley-Smith, Community Development Alliance Amy Turim, Dept. of City Development Ald. Russell Stamper, II, 15th Ald. Dist. Ald. Michael Murphy, 10th Ald. Dist. Ald. Coggs moved to amend the file to add a Further Resolve clause for quarterly reporting of the plan to the Common Council. (Prevailed 5-0)	Pass	5:0
3/15/2022	1	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION	Pass	5:0
3/1/2022	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
211741
Version

Reference
201188, 210711
Sponsor
ALD. COGGS, DIMITRIJEVIC, HAMILTON, MURPHY, PEREZ AND LEWIS
Title
Resolution endorsing the goals and recommendations of Milwaukee’s Collective Affordable Housing Plan.
Analysis
This resolution endorses Milwaukee’s Collective Affordable Housing Plan that has been prepared by the Community Development Alliance, and directs City departments to work towards implementation of the Plan when carrying out activities related to affordable housing development.
Body
Whereas, In 2018, the City of Milwaukee (“City”) established a goal of creating or improving 10,000 units of affordable housing over a ten year period by implementing a diverse array of strategies to achieve this goal; and

Whereas, In addition to the affordable housing efforts led by the City, Milwaukee has an extensive array of community based organizations, for-profit, and non-profit developers that it often partners with to rehabilitate and develop affordable housing, as well as provide housing counseling services, often to low and moderate income homeowners, and an extensive network of government, philanthropic, lender, and neighborhood partners committed to creating affordable housing within the City; and

Whereas, Since the adoption of the Comprehensive Plan in 2010, there have been multiple City and neighborhood-led planning efforts that have made recommendations related to affordable housing including the City’s Strong Neighborhoods Plan, “A Place in the Neighborhood” Anti-Displacement Plan, Equitable Growth through Transit Oriented Development Plan, and 2020-2024 Consolidated Five Year Plan, as well as numerous neighborhood led strategic and quality of life planning efforts identifying neighborhood-specific housing priorities; and

Whereas, The City’s annual Housing Affordability Report documents the ongoing challenges experienced by Milwaukee residents in securing affordable housing, including findings that more than 71,000 renter hous...