TO VOTE.
>> WASHINGTON CAME TO WISCONSIN
THIS WEEK.
A U.S. HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE
HELD A FIELD HEARING ON
MILWAUKEE HOUSING INEQUALITIES,
AND HOW TO ADDRESS THEM TO
EXPAND WEALTH BUILDING.
THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE WAS
JOINED BY WISCONSIN U.S.
REPRESENTATIVES, REPUBLICAN
BRYAN STEIL AND GWEN MOORE.
>> HOME OWNERSHIP HAS BEEN A
KEYWAY TO BUILD GENERATIONAL
WEALTH.
MILWAUKEE HAS A 29% GAP IN BLACK
TO WHITE HOME OWNERSHIP.
BLACK HOME OWNERSHIP IS JUST 2
27%.
AND MILWAUKEE IS LOSING AN
ESTIMATED THOUSAND HOMEOWNERS IN
NEIGHBORHOODS OF COLOR EVERY
YEAR.
LIKE FOR RENTERS, THE
DIFFICULTIES FOR FIRST-TIME HOME
BUYERS ARE MYRIAD.
>> WE SPENT TODAY EARLIER ON A
BUS TOUR THROUGH CONGRESSWOMAN
MOORE'S DISTRICT, SEEING
ACTUALLY A LOT OF THE SIMILAR
CHALLENGES THAT WE SEE IN CITIES
ACROSS THE STATE OF WISCONSIN.
WE SEE OFTEN OLDER HOUSING STOCK
AND THE CHALLENGE THAT THAT
PLACES ON FAMILIES WITH REPAIRS.