About

Kenosha County is facing rising housing costs and a limited supply of affordable housing. Factory-built homes, which are constructed mostly or entirely in a factory, then transported to the site for final assembly, may be one part of the answer. However, questions remain about zoning, financing, and community fit. This is why we want to hear from the people who call Kenosha County home.

We invite Kenosha County residents to be part of Kenosha’s Community Assembly on Housing on October 3rd. This is not your traditional public meeting. It is a nonpartisan, facilitated process that will bring together a representative group of Kenosha County residents to learn about our local housing challenges and develop concrete recommendations for the Kenosha County Housing Task Force.

More information on the event is available here.

Main Street Agenda

UW–Madison’s Division of Extension Community Development Institute and the La Follette School of Public Affairs are partnering to hold community assemblies across Wisconsin to help find solutions to some of the state’s most complex and pressing problems. A community assembly is a small-scale forum in which a representative group comes together to learn, deliberate, and make recommendations about a specific issue or proposal. While community assemblies harken back to ancient Greece, they have regained popularity in recent years as a way to engage communities in addressing complex issues, ranging from affordable housing to digital safety.

Host

Kenosha County Housing Task Force

Organizers

La Follette School of Public Affairs, Division of Extension Community Development Institute, Leadership Wisconsin

Contact

Mindy Walker, mindy.walker@wisc.edu