By Ken Smith / Explore how community land trusts (CLTs) are reshaping affordable housing in Wisconsin and beyond. This in-depth article explains how CLTs work, their role in preventing displacement and land speculation, and insights from Milwaukee housing leaders on building a more equitable, justice-oriented housing system.
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By Tehila Cohen / What can Milwaukee’s Cream City brick and Jerusalem’s limestone teach us about how cities define themselves? Explore how local materials become symbols of identity, from Jerusalem’s century-old stone ordinance to Milwaukee’s iconic Cream City façades. Both cities have wrestled with growth, housing pressure, and modernization, sometimes preserving tradition, sometimes replacing it out of necessity. When we build the future, what parts of the past do we choose to carry forward?
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By Ken Smith / Recapping key conversations shaping Wisconsin’s housing future, from regional data showing a deepening supply shortage to local debates over zoning, affordability, and NIMBYism. Highlights include insights from the Southeastern Wisconsin Housing Summit, emerging ideas like community land trusts to relieve the housing shortage, and on-the-ground efforts to connect housing policy with community-driven development.
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By Tehila Cohen, Housing Field Organizer / Learn what we’re hearing on the ground in Wisconsin as we meet with advocates to learn more about housing needs in the state.
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By Raphie Torralba, Transportation Policy Analyst / Last month, I worked with Rethink 794 advocates to connect with additional community members and raise awareness of the advocates’ goals regarding removal and its impact. Through these efforts, we’ve brought community members into conversations on the future of the corridor and invited their input on WisDOT’s Lake Interchange Study.
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Day 1 The first week of Dec. brought cold to Wisconsin, but us 1000 Friends staff brought our warm hearts and minds to Milwaukee for our first retreat as a new staff! With a quick meetup at MKE’s Intermodal train station, our feet took us east along I-794 to chat about some of that advocacy […]
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