Bayfield County Housing Outreach
“A neighborhood is not just a collection of buildings, but a community of neighbors who care for one another. Accessible housing is what keeps that community together.” — Coretta Scott King
News
Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)
Post World War II, many Americans headed for the suburbs. This midcentury pivot from traditionally denser city living to more expansive single family parcels marked the inception of a zoning code–Euclidean code–that not only favored the compartmentalization of municipal zones (residential, commercial, etc.) but actively abolished a long-standing tradition of city parcels: the accessory dwelling […]
21st Century Road to Housing Act
At the end of last week, as the clock ticked into Saturday, a massive housing bill, the 21st Century Road to Housing Act, through inaction–President Donald Trump neither signed nor vetoed the bill–passed into law. The bill, which passed both the house and senate with overwhelming bipartisan support, seeks to address one of the more […]
Housing Outreach
UW Extension’s Housing Outreach Educator uses a community-driven approach to address local community housing needs in an effort to improve economic resiliency and overall quality of life. The Housing Educator also plays a lead role in supporting education and research related to rural housing development efforts that serve Bayfield County and other rural areas of Wisconsin.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension Bayfield County || Courthouse-117 E 5th Street, PO Box 218 || Washburn, WI 54891
Ryan Hogan, Housing Educator ||715-373-3287 || Email
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