Editor’s Note: This story was broadcast before the sale for the new emergency homeless shelter fell through. According to the Mayor’s office, the sale was broken off by the property’s owner. In a press release sent on October 21st, Mayor Rhodes-Conway said the project will continue and city officials will seek a new location for […]
Occupy Madison Village Looks To Expand
Ever since its founding in the aftermath of the Occupy movement a decade ago, Occupy Madison Village has provided simple, basic housing to those in need. The Village at East Johnson street contains eight 99-square foot homes, with a shared kitchen and bathroom facilities. It has been hailed as a model for the tiny home […]
Housing Precarity and Eviction During the Pandemic
Every month since April, around 30% of Americans have missed their housing payments. The federal eviction safeguard, along with the other benefits of the CARES Act, expired last week on July 31, leaving an estimated 40% of American renters vulnerable to losing their housing this month without renewed protections. Today on the show, Patty talks […]
Cancel the Rents Protest
In May, Congress appropriated nearly 3 trillion dollars to support the economy in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, including an extra $600 a week for the unemployed. Wisconsin added a 60 day moratorium on evictions. While the number of new Corona virus cases is now even greater, the extra $600 stopped last Friday and […]
Pandemic Exacerbating Wisconsin Housing Crisis
On May 26, 2020, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers’ executive order putting a moratorium on landlord evictions expired. In the first two weeks after the order was lifted, evictions across the state spiked 40%. The Governor also dedicated 25 million dollars to help households pay their rent. However, according to many of the agencies responsible for […]
If You’re Homeless in Madison, Where do you sleep?
“When I can’t get in the shelter down here I go up the stairs right there and sleep right there and they say ‘Hey, you understand we’re gonna write you a ticket because you ain’t supposed to be up here, you understand, this is the Capitol.’ I said ‘ Well, if this is the Capitol, […]
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