AB68,817,75 (a) “Housing agency” means the Wisconsin Housing and Economic
6Development Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, or the
7department of administration.
AB68,817,98 (b) “Housing grant” means any grant administered by a housing agency that
9relates to housing.
AB68,817,1010 (c) “Political subdivision” means any city, village, town, or county.
AB68,817,1411 (d) “Workforce housing” means housing to which all of the following apply, as
12adjusted for family size and the county in which the household is located, based on
13the county's 5-year average median income and housing costs as calculated by the
14U.S. bureau of the census in its American community survey:
AB68,817,1615 1. The housing costs a household no more than 30 percent of the household's
16gross median income.
AB68,817,1917 2. The residential units are for initial occupancy by individuals whose
18household median income is no more than 120 percent of the county's gross median
19income.
AB68,817,22 20(2) Housing initiatives. (a) Subject to par. (b), to implement a workforce
21housing initiative, a political subdivision may enact an ordinance, adopt a resolution,
22or put into effect a policy to accomplish any of the following:
AB68,817,2423 1. Reduce by at least 10 percent the processing time for all permits related to
24workforce housing.
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12. Reduce by at least 10 percent the cost of impact fees that a political
2subdivision may impose on developments that include workforce housing units.
AB68,818,43 3. Reduce by at least 10 percent the parking requirements for developments
4that include workforce housing units.
AB68,818,65 4. Increase by at least 10 percent the allowable zoning density for developments
6that include workforce housing units.
AB68,818,87 5. Establish a mixed-use tax incremental financing district with at least 20
8percent of the housing units to be used for workforce housing.
AB68,818,109 6. Demonstrate compliance with a housing affordability report under s.
1066.10013.
AB68,818,1211 7. Rehabilitate at least 5 dwelling units of existing, uninhabitable housing
12stock into habitable workforce housing.
AB68,818,1513 8. Modify existing zoning ordinances to allow for the development of workforce
14housing in areas zoned for commercial or mixed-use development, or in areas near
15employment centers or major transit corridors.
AB68,818,1616 9. Extend the life of a tax incremental district under s. 66.1105 (6) (g) 1.
AB68,818,1817 10. Reduce by at least 10 percent the cost of roads for developments that include
18workforce housing units.
AB68,818,2019 11. Implement any other initiative to address the workforce housing needs of
20the political subdivision.
AB68,818,2521 (b) After a political subdivision completes one of the actions specified in par. (a),
22the initiative shall be considered in effect once the political subdivision submits to
23the department of administration a written explanation of how the action complies
24with the workforce housing initiative and posts the explanation on the political
25subdivision's Internet site.
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1(c) Once a political subdivision's action takes effect under par. (b), its workforce
2housing initiative remains in effect for 5 years. A political subdivision may put into
3effect more than one of the workforce housing initiatives under par. (a). After June
430, 2021, if a political subdivision has in effect at the same time at least 3 of the
5workforce housing initiatives under par. (a), a housing agency shall give priority to
6housing grant applications from, or that relate to a project in, the political
7subdivision.
AB68,1184 8Section 1184. 66.1010 of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,1185 9Section 1185 . 66.1011 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,819,2210 66.1011 (1) Declaration of policy. The right of all persons to have equal
11opportunities for housing regardless of their sex, race, color, disability, as defined in
12s. 106.50 (1m) (g), sexual orientation, as defined in s. 111.32 (13m), religion, national
13origin, marital status, family status, as defined in s. 106.50 (1m) (k), status as a
14victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking, as defined in s. 106.50 (1m) (u),
15status as a holder or nonholder of a license under s. 343.03 (3r), lawful source of
16income, age, or ancestry is a matter both of statewide concern under ss. 101.132 and
17106.50 and also of local interest under this section and s. 66.0125. The enactment
18of ss. 101.132 and 106.50 by the legislature does not preempt the subject matter of
19equal opportunities in housing from consideration by political subdivisions, and does
20not exempt political subdivisions from their duty, nor deprive them of their right, to
21enact ordinances that prohibit discrimination in any type of housing solely on the
22basis of an individual being a member of a protected class.
AB68,1186 23Section 1186 . 66.1105 (2) (ab) of the statutes is renumbered 66.1105 (2) (n)
24(intro.) and amended to read:
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166.1105 (2) (n) (intro.) “Affordable Workforce housing" means housing that
2costs a household no more than 30 percent of the household's gross monthly income.

3to which all of the following apply, as adjusted for family size and the county in which
4the household is located, based on the county's 5-year average median income and
5housing costs as calculated by the U.S. bureau of the census in its American
6community survey:
AB68,1187 7Section 1187 . 66.1105 (2) (cm) of the statutes is renumbered 66.1105 (2) (cm)
8(intro.) and amended to read:
AB68,820,129 66.1105 (2) (cm) (intro.) “Mixed-use development" means development that
10contains a combination of industrial, commercial, or residential uses, except that
11lands proposed for newly platted residential use, as shown in the project plan, may
12not exceed 35 either of the following:
AB68,820,13 131. Thirty-five percent, by area, of the real property within the district.
AB68,1188 14Section 1188 . 66.1105 (2) (cm) 2. of the statutes is created to read: