Only Kenosha successfully obtained 100. For example, in Dane County the Community Development Authority recently endorsed a plan to set aside money to help build low cost housing. These funds will be made available to developers of affordable housing. There are many non-profit groups that are taking the initiative to increase the supply of affordable housing in Wisconsin. These groups offer a range of services from building and developing houses, to assisting people in finding, securing, and maintaining affordable housing, to providing renter assistance and protection against eviction.
More work remains to be done to provide adequate and affordable housing.
The following policy solutions are feasible, sensible, and can be successful if the people of Wisconsin work together to implement them. A case management system that is flexible and sensitive to individual needs can link people with housing resources for which they are eligible. Safety nets can be established that provide emergency loans and information about leases, credits, etc. The decrease in affordability of urban housing is a social cost induced by new urban residential development, therefore developers have a responsibility to help bear the cost by either providing affordable units, or contribute to developing affordable units elsewhere. This limits the options these renters have.