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SEVERE SHORTAGE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN WISCONSIN MEANS FAMILIES WITH THE LOWEST INCOMES SUFFER MOST
Contact: Kassidy Farrey, Communications & Outreach Manager Telephone: 608-244-4422 Email: kfarrey@wiscap.org Website: Wiscap.org For Immediate Release: April 21, 2022 SEVERE SHORTAGE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN WISCONSIN MEANS FAMILIES WITH THE LOWEST INCOMES SUFFER...
Governor Tony Evers Launches Wisconsin Help for Homeowners
Contact: Kassidy Farrey Communications & Outreach Manager WISCAP 608-210-3384 For Immediate Release Governor Tony Evers Launches Wisconsin Help for Homeowners The Wisconsin Community Action Program Association (WISCAP) and Take Root Wisconsin welcome Governor...
WERA January Update 2022
WERA PASSES $100 MILLION IN EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS Contact: Kassidy Farrey, Communications Manager Phone: (608) 244-4422 Email: kfarrey@wiscap.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 14, 2022 The Wisconsin Emergency Rental Assistance (WERA) program has passed...
Giving Tuesday 2021
More than 1 in 10 of our state’s residents live below the poverty line. Last year, an alarming 17,000 homeless kids were enrolled in Wisconsin’s public schools. More than 320,000 low-income Wisconsin renters pay more than half their income for housing. In urban and...
Representative Subeck and Senator Smith Highlight Poverty, Homelessness in Wisconsin
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Thursday, November 18, 2021 CONTACT: Rep. Subeck, 608-266-7521 (office) Sen. Smith, 608-266-8546 (office) Representative Subeck and Senator Smith Highlight Poverty, Homelessness in Wisconsin MADISON – Today, Representative Lisa Subeck...
2021 WISCAP Annual Awards
2021 WISCAP Annual Awards The 2021 WISCAP Annual Awards was held virtually on May 11, 2020. WISCAP presented these awards on behalf of its network of sixteen Community Action Agencies, the Foundation for Rural Housing, and UMOS so as to recognize individuals or...
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