Milwaukee affordable housing grant; Habitat, Wells Fargo partner

$100K Milwaukee affordable housing grant

Building a Habitat for Humanity home in Milwaukee, the Wells Fargo Foundation announced a $100,000 grant for affordable housing in the city.

MILWAUKEE - Building a Habitat for Humanity home in Milwaukee, the Wells Fargo Foundation announced a $100,000 grant for affordable housing in the city.

Wells Fargo employees joined local Habitat for Humanity staff to raise the walls on a home in the King Park neighborhood.

Last year, they announced a $7.5 million grant to the Community Development Alliance. Habitat organizers said one in three Milwaukee renters spend half or more of their income on housing.

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"It usually takes us about six months to build a home here, and at the end we do have a celebration where we bring the homebuyer and have a whole celebration," said Wells Fargo's Jovan Kolundzija. "Glad to be out here and build these homes."

"Working with partners like the Community Development Alliance, Habitat for Humanity and a great grant from Wells Fargo, we're able to make this dream possible for a number of people," said Lafayette Crump, Milwaukee's commissioner of city development.

Community Development Alliance and Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity aim to make housing in the city more affordable and equitable.