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Middleton mayor outlines housing push, shares developer survey and TIF results
Summary
Mayor Katie Kuehn told the CDA and Workforce Housing Committee the city used developer and resident surveys to shape zoning and permitting changes, reported about $43 million in TIF for 16 projects and more than 1,500 apartment units built, and asked staff and subcommittees to combine drafts for an affordable housing action plan.
Mayor Katie Kuehn described a multi-year push to boost housing supply in Middleton and urged committee members to combine recent subcommittee work into a single affordable housing action plan.
Kuehn told the Community Development Authority and Workforce Housing Committee the city's strategy combined additional single-family construction and apartment development. "We moved from, on average, 10 houses built a year under prior leadership to over 200 houses built a year," she said, framing the increase as the result of council decisions and staff work.
The mayor said staff and volunteers conducted parallel outreach to developers and residents: "We had 500 respondents within a week," she said, describing a resident survey used alongside questions posed to developers. As…
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