There is a lack of affordable housing in many places in Wisconsin. Affordable housing is defined in a number of ways. Usually it is defined as being housing that costs no more than 30 percent of a family s income per month.
Communities benefit from having affordable housing.
People living in low cost housing work at local retail businesses and manufacturing companies. The work they do makes it possible for those establishments to function in the community. If the establishments lack employees, they will go someplace else or choose not to locate in the community in the first place. Without employees, business, the prime generator of property taxes, cannot exist. Many communities therefore need to develop policies for ensuring the availability of affordable housing.