Common Ground Wisconsin: A win for HACM residents and Common Ground: Three new reform-minded HACM Board Nominees approved by committee
Common Ground Wisconsin: A win for HACM residents and Common Ground: Three new reform-minded HACM Board Nominees approved by committee By: WisPolitics Common Ground and resident leaders from Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM) properties, who are engaged in an on-going multi-year campaign to reform HACM, achieved a significant victory today when the Common […]
Lapham Park Still Infested
Despite committing to fixing this problem last September, Willie Hines has done nothing about the rat infestation at Lapham Park… (recorded Mar 19)
Locust Ct also Locked for Residents (Mar. 28)
Prohibiting residents from using communal spaces is a common practice in Willie Hines’ HACM — Locust Court is the same way
Marion Moore (Mar. 26) — College Court
For the first time in 42 years, security prohibited Marion from siting in her lobby — despite HACM telling residents they can. She’s infuriated. She’s tired of feeling policed, restricted, and controlled
Public housing tenants and organizers calling for Housing Authority Director’s removal
Dozens of residents met in city hall Wednesday and are asking HACM’s board to remove its director. By: Jenna Rae TMJ4 – Feb. 14, 2024 MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Tenants of the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM) are calling for its director, Willie Hines Jr., to be removed. For several months now, TMJ4 […]
Effie Bay (Feb. 13) — Mitchell Court
Drugs, vandalism, prostitution — Mitchell Court residents don’t feel safe in their own home
Gidget Aranda (Feb. 12) — Becher Court
Gidget found black mold behind her toilet — she wonders if that’s why she’s been sick
Free Driver’s Ed courses will be given out to Wisconsin students in need
MILWAUKEE — A school director and a nonprofit in Milwaukee working to remove barriers for students in Wisconsin to take Driver’s Education courses. Their efforts led to Governor Evers signing a statewide bill that will put 6 million dollars a year towards providing free Driver’s Ed for students in need. Director of Pathways High Franz […]
Students who get free or reduced lunch may be able to take Driver’s Ed classes at no cost starting in July
As the director of Pathways High, Franz Meyer has students asking him about driver’s education opportunities almost daily. He said students want to learn to drive, but options are limited and often unaffordable. “I’d tell them you can go to this place, but they only have so many slots, or you can go here, but […]
Teddi Minor (Jan. 25) — Becher Court
Months after testifying before the Common Council on 9/25/23, Teddi still hears water dripping in her walls