Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee
When implemented in Milwaukee, Section 8 allowed qualified residents to pay 30% of their income to participating private landlords with the difference subsidized by HACM.
Low-income housing tax credits gave the agency access to development money to offset budget reductions in federal programs.
HACM completed the Lapham Park development in 1964 to house families, seniors, and disabled residents.
[2] The mid-rise building, located downtown, has 114 apartment units that are accessible to people with disabilities and also meet the needs of the elderly.
[3] Rain gardens and landscaping also absorb and reduce stormwater runoff, preventing the possibility of sewer overflows.
[8] The Board of Commissioners also includes Mark Wagner, Ricardo Diaz, Sherri L. Daniels, Gloria Lott, Brooke VandeBerg, Dr. Susan Lloyd.
Mark Wagner was appointed chairman of the Board 2014 and has over 45 years of experience in real estate, having worked for and managed offices for Merrill Lynch, Prudential, Better Homes and Gardens, Ogden and Company, and Craftmaster Contractors.
In recent years, HACM has received substantial funding through HOPE VI grants awarded by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Several public housing developments as well as HACM as a whole have received awards and recognition from different programs, individuals, and magazines.
[10] Five years later in 1998, HACM used the funding from HOPE VI's second grant to help create the award-winning Central City Cyberschool, which is a technology-based charter school for 350 students, half of whom live in Parklawn.
The park features a gazebo, restoration and exhibit of the original WPA limestone statues by Karl Kahlich (Music and Fishing), and historical storyboards.
[10] Four years later, in 2004, Lapham Park's venture won the 2004 National Social Advocacy Award from the American Planning Association.
[13] In 2007, the Lapham Park venture won the 2007 Gold Award for Municipal Excellence from the National League of Cities.
