The Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority announced the latest recipients of competitive funding for housing grants.
The Plymouth Project in Sheboygan County will receive an Infrastructure Access loan of about $3.4 million to support a project to add another 94 housing units to the community.
“Affordable housing is one of the issues I hear most about nearly everywhere I go, and it’s an issue that connects dots between some of the most pressing issues facing our state, from success in the classroom to folks joining and staying in our workforce to overcoming mental and behavioral health issues and substance misuse. Our efforts to secure one of the largest state investments in workforce housing in state history is a critical part of our work to expand access to affordable housing across our state,” said Gov. Tony Evers. “During our administration, more than 17,000 affordable housing units have been built in Wisconsin, and these critical programs through our historic budget investments will help make sure we continue expanding access to affordable housing and build stronger communities across our state.”
Since 2019, over 17,000 affordable housing units and more than 26,000 housing units total have been built statewide. Of the over 17,000 units of affordable housing built, 967 units can be attributed to the Vacancy-to-Vitality, Restore Main Street, and Infrastructure Access loan programs.
The following WHEDA Foundation Grants also were announced:
- Christine Ann Domestic Abuse Services, Inc, Oshkosh, $50,000 for masonry repair and window caulking on 192 windows;
- Day By Day Shelter, Oshkosh, $13,960, to repair showers and construct a new sidewalk;
- Ecumenical Partnership for Housing, Green Bay, $44,615 ot add air conditioning to 10 transitional homes and replacing a furnace;
- Pillars, Inc, Appleton, $50,000 for new flooring in two common spaces;
- Covey, Inc.,m Oshkosh, $50,000 for construction, landscaping, & furnishing of accessible four-bedroom licensed Adult Family Home;
- Greater Green Bay Habitat for Humanity., $50,000 for construction of the Habitat Homestead, a 14-unit development with the potential to provide housing for up to 92 people;
- Neighborhood Housing Services of Green Bay, Inc., $50,000 to install 18 new high efficiency furnaces;
- New Hope Center, Inc., Chilton, $16,500 for new roof and gutters on adult family home and attached garage.
