Madison officials and community members celebrated the construction of two “missing middle” affordable twin homes in the Owl Creek neighborhood on Jan. 21.
“MACLT is incredibly excited to be such a big part of the City of Madison’s Housing Forward initiative,” Madison Area Community Land Trust Housing Director Deaken Boggs told The Daily Cardinal. “MACLT’s form of permanently affordable homeownership has been deployed throughout the city as we have added nine new homes to our program since 2021 bringing our total permanently affordable homes to 69 across the City of Madison.”
The project highlights the City of Madison’s ongoing efforts through Madison’s Comprehensive Plan to expand affordable housing options through the promotion of “missing middle” housing — properties the city’s Northeast Area Plan describes as “a range of housing types scaled between single-family detached houses and larger apartment buildings.”…