Super Majority of Council Takes Issue With Mayor’s Handling of Housing Authority
Super Majority of Council Takes Issue With Mayor’s Handling of Housing Authority Urban Milwaukee By Jeramey Jannene June 27, 2024 Add the Milwaukee Common Council to the growing chorus of people concerned about the conditions and operations of the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM). “The situation at [HACM] is no longer tenable,” […]
Mayor Johnson moves to fill vacancies on Housing Authority. He took another step to help troubled agency
Mayor Johnson moves to fill vacancies on Housing Authority. He took another step to help troubled agency Genevieve Redsten Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published June 24, 2024 Mayor Cavalier Johnson is nominating replacements to the Milwaukee Housing Authority oversight board, after months of criticism from public housing residents and community organizers. The Housing Authority has been […]
‘Dramatic changes,’ new leaders needed at Milwaukee Housing Authority, says Ald. José Pérez
‘Dramatic changes,’ new leaders needed at Milwaukee Housing Authority, says Ald. José Pérez Genevieve Redsten Milwaukee Journal Sentinel June 12, 2024 Common Council President José Pérez is calling for “dramatic changes” at the troubled Milwaukee Housing Authority, including the replacement of its top leadership. In a statement Tuesday, Pérez slammed the Housing Authority for ongoing […]
Common Ground pushes for reform with new HACM board nominees
Common Ground pushes for reform with new HACM board nominees June 11, 2024 by PrincessSafiya Byers Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service In a push for change, Common Ground has nominated seven candidates to serve on the board of the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee. Board members are nominated by the mayor with the approval […]
Milwaukee Housing Authority leader Willie Hines criticized for secrecy, high pay
Milwaukee Housing Authority leader Willie Hines criticized for secrecy, high pay Genevieve Redsten Milwaukee Journal Sentinel June 10, 2024 In 2014, when many still expected him to run for mayor, Willie Hines abruptly left city politics and took a job with the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee. At the time, his arrival at Milwaukee’s […]
‘It’s very dangerous’: Security Concerns grow at Milwaukee Housing Authority properties
BY MEGAN CARPENTER WISCONSIN PUBLISHED 2:25 PM ET JUN. 07, 2024 Spectrum News 1 MILWAUKEE — Frustration continues for people who live in public housing buildings managed by the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM). Residents at multiple buildings told Spectrum News that crime has not gotten better, and they don’t feel safe […]
A tutoring program in MPS schools makes massive gains for students
A tutoring program in MPS schools makes massive gains for students WUWM 89.7 FM | By Jimmy Gutierrez Published June 6, 2024 n the fall of 2022, a tutoring program named Forward Scholars launched in five MPS schools. But the start of the program started before that when the non-profit, Common Ground, held a listening […]
Common Ground Gets National Attention
Common Ground Gets National Attention Urban Milwaukee Murphy’s Law by Bruce Murphy The front-page story by the Washington Post is an embarrassment for Mayor Cavalier Johnson and Willie Hines Jr., the executive director of the city Housing Authority and former Common Council president. It portrays a battle by the mostly elderly residents of College Court Apartments […]
As featured in The Washington Post “The Battle for the Patio of College Court”
Our relentless organizing pressure with residents to reform the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee has reached new heights with a powerful article by The Washington Post, published in May 2024. Garnering national and international attention, the article, “The Battle for the Patio of College Court,” highlights how the locked patio at College Court exposes […]
Biden Administration official promises action on troubled Housing Authority. Tenants have complained for a year.
Biden Administration official promises action on troubled Housing Authority. Tenants have complained for a year. Genevieve Redsten & Alison Dirr Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published May 17, 2024 A key member of President Joe Biden’s administration promised Thursday to straighten out Milwaukee’s troubled public housing agency. More than 10,000 Milwaukee residents — many of whom are […]