Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and Community Development Division Director Jim O’Keefe joined several alders and City staff in thanking the dozens of community non-profits for their work.
The City of Madison's Community Development Division supports a variety of childcare providers across the city while also offering accreditation to offer a sense of trust and peace of mind to parents.
The City’s CDBG unit within the Community Development Division helps allocate those funds through a variety of contracts and programs that have benefited residents of all backgrounds across Madison.
The City of Madison is celebrating National Community Development Week (April 21-25, 2025), highlighting the impact that projects supported by the federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program has had on the Madison area.
City and County government officials are alerting residents that changes are in store later this year for the Eviction Diversion and Defense Partnership (EDDP).
The City of Madison Common Council signed off Tuesday night on nearly $950,000 in grants to 13 community agencies that serve older adults in Madison. The decisions are the culmination of a months-long funding application process.
Hundreds of proposed new income- and rent-restricted apartments will receive financial support from the City of Madison’s Community Development Division after another round of Affordable Housing Fund awards were approved by the Common Council.
As the City works to support more housing opportunities of all types, there is more work to be done. That is why the Housing Strategy Committee reviewed the City’s 2021 Housing Forward Initiative and is building on it by making new recommendations.
With one of the lowest rental vacancy rates in the country, not only does the city need to see more new units built, but existing units also need to be cared for to make sure they are available for years to come.
The City of Madison is celebrating another step forward in expanding affordable homeownership opportunities with the groundbreaking of a “Missing Middle” development on the city’s southeast side.
City staff joined local developers Wednesday in celebrating the groundbreaking of a project near the former Oscar Mayer plant that will bring hundreds of new housing units to Madison.
The City of Madison is dedicated to making homeownership achievable and sustainable for residents, as part of the City’s commitment toward better access to safe, secure, and affordable housing for all.
The City of Madison’s Common Council voted Tuesday night to pave the way for the sale of the properties at 715 Rethke Avenue and 7933 Tree Lane to Cinnaire Solutions, a non-profit housing developer with offices in Madison.
The City of Madison is teaming up with multiple community stakeholders to help new homeowners or those looking to buy a home for the first time get the resources they need to navigate the process and get their questions answered from trusted sources.
We must create a 5-year road map, what we call a Consolidated Plan, that describes how we will use these funds from 2025-29, but we need your help in figuring out how to spend that money.
Through federal Community Development Block Grant funding, the City of Madison awarded approximately $2 million in 2023 to help rehabilitate and preserve more than 300 affordable housing units.
