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Regional planning report: Sawyer County revolving loan fund to return to state; $1M mobile-home funds available
Summary
Northwest Regional Planning Commission staff told the county the local revolving loan fund will be returned to the state starting April 1 and summarized new regional housing funding streams, including a $1 million mobile-home-targeted loan program.
A Northwest Regional Planning Commission representative updated the Sawyer County committee on regional housing and economic programs and said the county’s revolving loan fund — administered regionally for decades — will be returned to the state beginning April 1.
The representative said the commission has expended available funds from Sawyer County’s revolving loan fund and that remaining balances and future loan repayments will be returned to the Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA). DOA plans to recapitalize returned funds into a state program intended to rehabilitate vacant or underutilized properties with applications expected in late spring 2026 and awards in early 2027.
On housing, the commission official said the regional Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) housing-rehab administration continues and that the commission is managing a regional program covering 10 counties. They also described a new $1 million pool for mobile-home-targeted funds that can be used to repair or replace mobile homes for households at or below 80% of county median household income; the representative said the program operates as a long-term loan that tenants would repay monthly and that authorities were still developing implementation details.
The commission report covered other items including a recent household hazardous-waste event at the fairgrounds (high participation), receipt of a $300,000 SBA microloan to support small-business technical assistance, and an update on the comprehensive economic development strategy (CEDS) draft with public comments due by Oct. 24, 2025. Commission staff also pointed county members to a pending forestry-resolution item on the county docket and said the commission will consider a similar resolution.
Committee members asked clarifying questions about how mobile-home funds will be administered and whether low-income homeowners could manage loan repayments; the representative said those implementation questions remain under development.
