WHEDA Stories

 

Accessing Capital to Break Down Barriers

Over the years, WHEDA has adapted to the changing needs of home buyers. As a result, it continues to be a great choice for first-time home buyers...

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A Marathon in Affordable Housing

In a marathon, the finish line can seem impossibly far away, its distance way beyond any attainable reach. But with each step, each breath, and each thought, an inch is gained towards the finish line. The race to provide affordable housing for all those in need is a similar marathon. It can’t be completed overnight, but instead is won with incremental success and performance throughout years of dedication...

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DROUGHT

Wisconsin experienced one of the most severe droughts in the state’s recorded history in 1988. All 72 Wisconsin counties were inspected and declared drought disaster areas...

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Together, Overcoming Crisis

Across Wisconsin’s life-span, periods of economic recession have swept across its landscape. Businesses, homes, communities, and counties all feel the widespread devastation which these times can bring. However, all of them recognize that the road to recovery is not built by acting alone. Instead, like a family, it relies on cooperation with neighbors, friends, and helpers...

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Within Reach: Accessible Housing and CHAP

Modern society benefits from the Americans with Disabilities Act in the simplest of forms, such as curb cuts, crosswalk indicators, or building ramps. These accommodations may seem insignificant to the able-bodied, but to persons with a disability, their lack of implementation can be extremely preventative in everyday life tasks...

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WHEDA From Its First Seeds

As WHEDA has breathed life into Wisconsin communities, to ignore WHEDA’s own conception as an institution in 1972 would be a gross denial of its incredible history. Beginning as WHFA, or the Wisconsin Housing Finance Authority...

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Boberg and the Beginning Farmer Bonds

Surrounded by grueling factory work day in and day out, Dean Boberg envied the lifestyle of his cousin and brother, two Wisconsin farm owners. They set their own hours. They were their own bosses. Meanwhile, Dean was forced to the tedious workspace of an enclosed, industrial occupation. After five years of this, Boberg decided he had finally had enough. After speaking to his wife, Stacy, for support, the Bobergs decided that it was time to fly the coop and take their work lives into their own hands...
 

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