Former DBE director out on bond in theft case
Freida Webb, the former director of Milwaukee County’s Office of Community Business Development Partners, was released Thursday on a $1,000 signature bond in connection with four felony charges.
View ArticleMilwaukee County votes to change community development grant rules
A Milwaukee County committee voted unanimously to change the rules governing awards of federal Community Development Block Grants.
View ArticleArraignments in DBE theft case postponed
Arraignments on Tuesday for a contractor and the former director of Milwaukee County’s disadvantaged business enterprise program have been postponed.
View ArticleHUD reviewing Westlawn project
The first phase of the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee’s Westlawn Neighborhood Revitalization is under review by a federal agency after a local group alleged the city department violated...
View ArticleAppleton bans sex-identity housing discrimination
Appleton becomes the third city in Wisconsin to adopt rules against housing discrimination based on gender identity.
View ArticleFormer DBE chief pleads no contest to theft
Freida Webb, the former director of Milwaukee County's disadvantaged business enterprise program, pleaded no contest Wednesday to stealing federal grant money.
View ArticleHUD finds Milwaukee partially noncompliant on Westlawn project
The Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee failed to meet federal requirements when hiring and contracting for the first phase of its Westlawn revitalization project, according to a letter from the...
View ArticleFBI investigates Westlawn contractor over prevailing wage claims
A New Berlin contractor is being investigated by federal authorities for allegedly lying about paying prevailing wages to those who worked on the city of Milwaukee’s first phase of the Westlawn...
View ArticleDevelopers seek more Milwaukee County money
The developers of a Brown Deer housing project are citing site problems and rising material costs as the reasons for asking Milwaukee County for an $810,000 construction loan increase.
View ArticleMilwaukee considers TIF extensions
Milwaukee officials do not intend to seek permission to postpone the closings of tax increment financing districts that have reached what typically would be their conclusions.
View ArticleMilwaukee contractor to be sentenced in kickback scheme
Homer Key, a Milwaukee contractor convicted in May of felony forgery and conspiracy, will be sentenced June 10.
View ArticleMore than 300 Wis. residents could benefit from mortgage settlement
Hundreds of Wisconsin residents who may have been misled by mortgage lender SunTrust Mortgage Inc. will receive part of a $550 million settlement, according to a news release from Attorney General J.B....
View ArticleSenate to consider massive spending bill — maybe
A massive spending bill to provide money for five Cabinet departments for the upcoming budget year is about to hit the Senate floor, giving senators a rare opportunity for open debate on legislation of...
View ArticleHousing bias dispute could return to US Supreme Court
It's not easy to prevent the U.S. Supreme Court from deciding an issue once the justices have agreed to hear a case.
View ArticleMilwaukee gets $3.9M grant for lead paint removal
Milwaukee has received a $3.9 million federal grant to remove lead-based paint hazards from about 700 homes in the next three years.
View ArticleHigh court to take housing bias case
For the third time in recent years, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider taking away a powerful legal tactic the Obama administration and others have used to combat housing discrimination.
View ArticleWestlawn project gets $30 million for more housing units
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has granted Milwaukee $30 million for the construction of 708 apartments at the Westlawn public-housing development on the city’s northwest side.
View ArticleDespite sentencing, Westlawn project still dogs New Berlin contractor
Although the owner of a New Berlin roofing company has settled a civil lawsuit and received two years’ probation for related criminal charges, there is no end in sight yet to his legal travails arising...
View ArticleSix-figure income families living in public housing (UPDATE)
A family in Shawano County is among those across the country living in public housing, yet they make much more than the income limits established by the government.
View Article11 Wis. tribes to share in nearly $21M in housing funds
Eleven Native American tribes in Wisconsin are sharing roughly $20.7 million in federal funds meant to support affordable housing.
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