Name: Housing, Race and Equity Workshop
Start: 2025-01-21T16:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-01-21T18:00:00-06:00
Location: West Allis Public Library

Explore the impact of segregation on housing patterns and taking informed action at the Housing, Race and Equity Workshop on Tuesday, Jan. 21 from 4 - 6 p.m. at the West Allis Public Library (7421 W. National Ave.) in the Constitution Room. Registration is required and limited to 25 individuals. Register: www.WestAllisWI.gov/HousingWorkshop.
Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity’s Housing, Race and Equity Workshop is a 2-hour interactive, discussion-based, opportunity to better understand how local history has impacted our housing patterns. By examining primary sources and data maps we’ll seek to understand how segregated housing was a conscious institutional choice and the very real effect these decisions have had on the Milwaukee metro. After looking at recent housing trends, we’ll have the opportunity to make a commitment to affordable housing and learn a few ways to take informed action. Sponsored by the West Allis Community Development Authority, through the Fair Housing Board.
Agenda:
Activity 1: we explore the health of Milwaukee today using data maps that document various physical, mental, social, and economic indicators.
Activity 2: we use a historical timeline chronicling both national and local events from 1896 to 1968 to understand the roots of Milwaukee’s segregated housing.
Activity 3: we review some of the key federal legislation and the critical local socio-economic factors that affected housing in Milwaukee since 1968.
Activity 4: highlights some of the important housing challenges facing Milwaukee today, along with the initiatives driving the current momentum towards more equitable housing, as well as what you can do to create positive change.