Regional Housing News - July 2, 2024

Dane County Regional Housing Strategy (RHS)

Taking the next step together to address the housing crisis!

In The News

A Home for Everyone Conference, July 17 – July 18,

Madison Marriott West – Register now!

We Need Your Feedback - Landlord & Property Manager Event

July 25

Dane County 2024 Affordable Housing Fund -

Applications Open!

Regional Housing Network Meeting, August 8, 3:00-4:00pm

WHEDA Update on Housing Programs & New Technical Assistance for Housing Chapter Updates

Recording & Slides Now Available -

City of Middleton’s Residential Zoning Update, and Using TIF Extension Funds to Support Affordable Workforce Housing

Welcome New RHS Housing Planner

Top Five Regional Housing Priorities 2024-2028

Increase the number of housing units attainable to low and moderate income households
Increase the overall number of housing units
Provide housing resources and protections for the most vulnerable
Rehabilitate and preserve affordability of existing housing
Provide more pathways to homeownership

It will take all of us working together to solve the housing crisis!

A Home for Everyone Conference

Wednesday, July 17 – Thursday, July 18

Madison Marriott West

Are you interested in learning more about affordable and workforce housing? Local leaders, elected officials, government staff and residents your invited to attend the upcoming state-wide, cross-sector affordable housing conference hosted by the Wisconsin Collaborative for Affordable Housing!

Hear from local and national affordable housing industry experts working in the public, private, and non-profit sectors on a variety of topics including affordable housing development, expanding homeownership, how to structure deals, fair housing, a mayors roundtable discussion, how to build a housing coalition, and more!

See the full conference agenda her e.

Online registration closes July 10, register now!

Landlord & Property Manager Event

Thursday, July 25, 2024 8:30 – 11:30am

Dane County and United Way need your feedback! Calling all landlords and property managers! Please consider attending this event to participate in the discussion on how we can collaborate to best support individuals in need of housing. Share your insights, hear from a panel of your peers, and learn about resources and tips for working with housing agencies and tenants. See this flyer for more details, and click here to register!

Dane County 2024 Affordable Housing Development Fund Accepting Applications!

The Dane County Affordable Housing Development Fund (AHDF) was created to encourage the development of affordable housing throughout Dane County, and was allocated $15 million this year to assist with project financing. Dane County Department of Human Services is currently accepting applications, which must be submitted by 12:00pm on August 5, 2024. Please see https://dcdhs.com/haa/hd for financing guidelines and the funding application. If you have questions regarding the application process, please contact Jenna Wuthrich at Wuthrich.Jenna@danecounty.gov.

Next Regional Housing Network (RHN) meeting!

Update on WHEDA’s Affordable Housing Loans

New Technical Assistance Program for Comp Plan Housing Chapter Update

Thursday, August 8, 3:00 – 4:00pm

Join us for an update and discussion with WHEDA’s Rebecca Giroux on WHEDA’s affordable housing loan programs including a new direct to consumer home rehab program. Updates will include information on Infrastructure Access Loan, Restore Main Street Loan, and Vacancy-to-Vitality Loan Program. Come learn, ask your questions, and provide feedback before the next application cycle opens this September! Check out WHEDA’s short video announcing the latest round of projects selected for these programs here (including two projects that received both Vacancy-to-Vitality and Infrastructure Access loans).

New Technical Assistance Program

Hear from RHS Housing Planner, Alex DeSena, about the Planning Division’s technical assistance program for comp plan housing chapter updates Dane County will be offering this fall. Alex will provide an overview of the technical assistance and scope of work for municipalities interested in updating the housing chapter of their comp plan. First come first serve!

Mark your calendars - ZOOM LINK: https://zoom.us/j/94310243246

Recordings of RHS Programming Now Available under Current Programming on the RHS Webpage

Unable to attend one of our RHS programs? All recordings will now be posted on our website so you can watch them at a later time. Check out the RHS website to watch the City of Middleton’s Residential Zoning Update presentation, and last month’s program on how municipalities are using TIF Extension funds to support affordable workforce housing, under Current Programming! Check back for program updates!

Get Involved with RHS and Help Solve the Housing Crisis! Click the Postcard Below to Watch the Summary Video!

Please welcome our new RHS Housing Planner, Alex DeSena!

Alex DeSena is the new Regional Housing Project Assistant hired to help implement Dane County’s RHS Strategic Action Plan. She will be developing and delivering programming designed to assist municipalities and other housing stakeholders in reaching their housing goals, including technical assistance to update comp plan housing chapters and residential zoning codes.

Alex has dual Master’s Degrees from UW-Madison’s Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture and the La Follette School of Public Affairs concentrating in housing and community development. She brings a great deal of housing related experience including working with youth experiencing housing insecurity at Briarpatch Youth Services, and housing data and analysis for projects at Institute for Community Alliances. She also interned at the City of Sun Prairie to support their housing initiatives by creating the Sun Prairie Affordable Housing Target Area Map using GIS, helping to establish the Sun Prairie Housing Coalition, and various research projects. She looks forward to helping implement the RHS Strategic Action Plan in partnership with the Dane County community!

Questions?

Contact Olivia Parry, Senior Planner, (Parry@countyofdane.com) Parry.Olivia@danecounty.govfor more info

on the Dane County Regional Housing Strategy.