BRIDGE BUILDERS INITIATIVE

Reclaim. Renovate. Re-invest.

Since 2005, the city holdings of suburban Milwaukee landlords have grown 70%. Out-of-state landlords own more than $580 million of residential housing.

In what the Journal-Sentinel calls a “massive wealth transfer” those dollars leave our neighborhoods, never to return.

Absentee landlords destabilize our community. With our neighbors we have successfuly gotten drug dealers and traffickers evicted from the block, only to see them return in another absentee-owned property.

Help us raise $1.9 million to purchase and remodel 20 homes in our target area.

Together we can steward reclaimed properties to create safe, affordable housing and work with residents to increase home ownership.

Total Renovation

Sponsor the renovation of an
entire home – from roof to basement

$25k

Sponsor a Bathroom

Sponsor the cost of labor and
materials for a new bathroom

$6k

Flooring

Whole house flooring,
carpet, tile & refinishing

$4k

Any Project

Have an idea for a project?
Sponsor any amount

$??

Targeted transformation, direct action

The more properties we can acquire in close proximity, the more we can help our residents control their own neighborhood.

Your donations of time, money, materials and other resources directly contributes to reclaiming our blocks from generations of systemic inequities.