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Landmarks Commission to lead outreach helping Middleton owners renounce historic racially restrictive covenants
Summary
Commission members agreed to an education-focused outreach project to notify property owners about racially restrictive covenants in deeds and options to record renunciations under a 2024 Wisconsin law; Charles said "I think just over a 120 parcels" in Middleton contain such covenants.
The Middleton Landmarks Commission agreed to take on an outreach and education project to help property owners identify and, if they choose, formally renounce historically racially restrictive covenants appearing in deed records.
Commission member Charles summarized the Dane County effort that mapped parcels with restrictive covenants and said, “In Middleton, we have, I…
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