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Zoning committee advances revised "housing element" update after months of debate
Summary
Milwaukee committee approved a substitute to a long-debated update to the city's comprehensive plan housing chapter after months of public engagement, sending the document to full council for final consideration.
A Milwaukee Common Council committee on Monday voted to forward a substantially revised housing element ' an update to the citywide policy plan ' to the full council after months of public meetings and revisions. Committee members adopted Substitute A, which incorporates changes made after public feedback and replaces an earlier draft often referred to as "Growing MKE."
The substitute narrows some earlier, more expansive recommendations and emphasizes a mix of tools intended to expand housing options while protecting existing single-family homeownership where city leaders and neighborhood groups pressed for limits. "This has become quite personal," Alderwoman Zamarripa, a sponsor, said in the committee hearing, urging colleagues to move the plan forward so implementation steps can begin.
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