Various promising approaches to the community’s need for affordable housing have produced some progress but even this combined effort has fallen short of what’s needed.
That was one takeaway from Thursday evening’s online discussion of affordable housing for the Chippewa Valley, presented by the Women’s Giving Circle (WGC) as its annual educational event.
One approach to the need for more affordable housing is the one taken by Hope Village, which has developed a series of “tiny houses” in Chippewa County. Chris Maslonkowski, a Hope Village board member, said these small structures are currently located on the grounds of five churches but the plan is to bring them together at a single location.
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