AANW Members:

Those who have attended our monthly meetings this year have heard the reference on more than one occasion...of the following:

"We must move beyond the narrow, nearly insufficient, and unstainable task of “Making Affordable Housing,” and begin to work on the broader, more sustainable, and meaningful work of “Making Housing Affordable.”  There is a difference, and this must not remain misunderstood by those who advocate for common sense policies that promote the sustainability of rental housing, and those responsible for legislating housing policies."

The above is just a small example of what we cover in our State of the Industry presentation/discussion session.

However, there is likely not a more representative article of the point being made above, than the one offered last week by the CATO Institute.  Entitled:

"The Government’s War on Starter Homes"

Once you read this article, take a step back and ask yourself what will happen down the road when some of these current developments are no longer bound by some local and or state requirement for tax credits and other financial incentives?

At the risk of sounding redundant, until we stop simply throwing money at these housing challenges and instead focus on true Root Cause Analysis and address these challenges head on, rather than treating symptoms, this merry-go-round will never stop.

Please read the article by clicking on the link below, and stop to reflect on our State of the Industry presentations that most recently were made in Aug/Sep.

The Government’s War on Starter Homes

Please note, if you missed this presentation in Aug, email us at Admin@aanw.org to get your name on the list that we are building to host a Zoom session to repeat this for those who were unable to attend the event.  We have had a lot of requests to find a way to repeat this PowerPoint presentation, and we are looking into hosting a Zoom session of this in October.

Thank you,

Rick Van Der Leest

Apartment Association of Northeast Wisconsin, Inc. | President