Madison Area Community Land Trust

45 Years of Housing Justice: Keeping Housing Affordable for Low-Income PeopleImagine you’re a low-income person applying for Section 8 housing vouchers in Dane County—which will allow you to pay 30% of your income for housing, and the government pays for the rest. How do you get a voucher? 1. First, you wait four or five years until the waitlist opens up. When the day comes, […]Read more…

45 Years of Housing Justice: Madison’s Role and the Work of CSW GroupsMadison’s Role and the Work of CSW Groups Too little affordable housing  . . . housing discrimination against the poor and people of color—these are problems deeply rooted in this country, and Madison is no exception.  Those who support justice might wonder how and why these issues remain so entrenched, and what’s being done to […]Read more…