Preserving the Built Context: How the City of Milwaukee has Invested in its Housing Stock Webinar

Wednesday, March 3 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Many legacy cities have been dealing with an aging housing stock overlaid with slow value increases since the housing market recovery of the mid-2010s.

Join Larry Kilmer II, Program Director for the City of Milwaukee’s Neighborhood Improvement Development Corporation, for a discussion about locally funded housing rehabilitation programs and the creative financing underpinning those programs.

Speaker

Larry Kilmer II has been working in affordable housing for more than ten years, focusing primarily on creating and sustaining homeownership. Prior to his current position as the Program Director for the City of Milwaukee’s Neighborhood Improvement Development Corporation, he was the Housing Rehabilitation Manager for the Department of City Development. Before working for the City, Larry was the Housing Rehab Manager for the non-profit ACTS Housing. Additionally, Larry is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Urban Planning at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Larry holds a Master’s degree in Urban Planning as well as both Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Architecture. He is currently enrolled in the Urban Studies doctoral program at UW-Milwaukee.