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Consultant: West Bend and Washington County face a shortage of middle-income housing
Summary
A housing market study presented Dec. 1 to the West Bend Common Council found acute undersupply of mainstream workforce for‑sale housing and very low rental vacancy rates, and recommended higher-density for‑sale product lines, larger rental communities and public–private approaches to meet demand.
Eric Dorshing, president of Tracy Cross and Associates, told the West Bend Common Council on Dec. 1 that Washington County’s housing market is “very tight” and undersupplied for both rental and for‑sale middle‑income housing. He said stabilized rental vacancy rates in the Milwaukee metro region average about 3.1%, while Washington County is at roughly 1% and West Bend’s stabilized developments are about 1.4%, well below the roughly 5% vacancy generally considered healthy for turnover and filtering.
Dorshing summarized findings from a summer 2025 study funded by the NextGen housing…
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