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PyraMax Bank Pledge $1 Million in Foreclosed Rehab Lending for Harambee Neighborhood

July 15, 2017

By Dylan Deprey While taking a drive down Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, the numerous amounts of opportunity that line the Harambee neighborhood are simply sitting behind boarded windows and … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Dylan Deprey, First Time Home Buyers, Foreclosure, Harambee, Harambee Neighborhood, Home Improvement, Home Ownership, PyraMax Bank, Tom Barrett

Associated Bank Partners with ACTS Housing in Filling Foreclosed Homes

July 9, 2016

By Dylan Deprey Sometimes a house is not a home without a little tender loving care. It gets a little harder to provide some TLC when the houses in a neighborhood are boarded up foreclosures that … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: ACTS Housing, Associated Bank, Dylan Deprey, Foreclosure

Mayor Barrett Voices Concerns over “Zombie Properties” Bill

March 12, 2016

Bill would allow homes to sit vacant for up to one year MILWAUKEE – On Monday, March 7, Mayor Tom Barrett voiced opposition on Assembly Bill 720 which would worsen the abandoned property problem … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Abandoned Properties, Assembly Bill 720, Foreclosure, Tom Barrett, Zombie Properties

Common Council Passes Resolution to Accelerate Tax Foreclosures on Vacant Homes

June 6, 2015

Milwaukee City Treasurer Spencer Coggs commended the Milwaukee Common Council today for passing Resolution 150164 that will permit the “fast tracking” of in rem tax foreclosures on vacant, tax … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: City Treasurer, Foreclosure, Property Tax, Spencer Coggs

Treasurer Spencer Cogg’s Plan to Target Blighted Vacant Properties in Stable Neighborhoods

May 23, 2015

City Treasurer Spencer Coggs announced today that he will pursue an accelerated process to obtain eligible vacant tax delinquent properties in stable neighborhoods before they become eyesores. “This … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Foreclosure, Property Tax, Property Taxes, Recession, Spencer Coggs

Governor Scott Walker unveils $2 Million blight elimination program for Milwaukee

September 21, 2013

Citing a need to improve public safety and positively impact property values, Governor Scott Walker this week announced a $2 million program to help the City of Milwaukee through the elimination of … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Blight, Blighted Property, Bob Donovan, Edward A Flynn, Foreclosure, Ray Allen, Robert Bell Photography, Scott Walker, Tom Barrett, Willie Hines

City takes major step towards reducing number of tax foreclosures

July 27, 2013

City Treasurer Spencer Coggs announced that the Milwaukee Common Council has, this week, passed legislation implementing a proposal made by his office to allow taxpayers to pay both their property … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Foreclosure, Foreclosure Prevention, Property Taxes, Robert Bauman, Spencer Coggs

Mayor Barrett announces major allocation of Community Development Block Grant Funds

June 20, 2013

Majority of funds will be designated to City’s housing and foreclosure crisis Mayor Tom Barrett today announced his plans to commit significant resources from the Community Development Block … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Community Development Block Grant, Foreclosure, Tom Barrett

Homeowner Bills of Rights emerge as remedies to foreclosure

May 31, 2013

By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist A few days ago, HUD released data showing that more 620,000 troubled homeowners received more than $50 billion in principal reductions and savings. These actions … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Charlene Crowell, Foreclosure, Homeowners Bill Of Rights

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