No matter the color of our skin, whether we rent or own, whether we are a student or a senior, we all deserve a roof over our head and a safe place to call home. Yet across the state, we don’t access to the housing we need. 

That’s why we are organizing with our neighbors to build the political muscle we need to work towards housing justice. Something has to change.

A home is not just four walls and a roof, it’s the dignity of having a place where a person can build a stable life for ourselves and our loved ones. We believe everyone in Menomonie deserves safe, affordable, and clean housing; no matter what our differences are, whether we rent or own, whether we are a student or a senior, or the color of our skin. Like air to breathe and food to eat, housing is a basic human need. 

But some of our elected leaders have worked to tilt the field in favor of corporate landlords and out-of-state real estate investors. Decades of federal and state policies have deregulated housing markets. In Wisconsin, local governments are hamstrung by state preemptions, a ban on inclusionary zoning and limitations on municipal inspections of rental properties.

That’s why GROWW is organizing regular people to win housing solutions in Menomonie. Because something has to change. We’re building momentum to address the unhealthy and unsafe housing conditions too many renters in our town are dealing with: black mold, leaks, broken windows, heat that doesn’t work in the winter along with the fear of speaking up without risking retaliation.

Get in touch to join the fight for housing justice.