A $1.2 million housing tax-credit award is moving 40 new single-family homes closer to construction in Milwaukee’s Amani neighborhood, marking the latest step in a broader, resident-driven effort to transform vacant lots and expand affordable housing.
The Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority awarded the low-income housing tax credits to Emem Group. The developer’s 40 homes are part of a larger plan to bring more than 90 affordable homes to scattered vacant lots throughout Amani.
This latest development follows months of resident organizing, surveys and community conversations about housing. Earlier this year, TMJ4 walked Amani blocks with residents as they surveyed vacant and deteriorating properties in an effort to hold landlords accountable. Since then, neighbors have continued weighing in on what should be built and who should benefit…