Housing

 A Bird's Eye View of the Vilas Neighborhood (Aaron Hathaway/Madison Commons)

Pumpkin spice drinks, warm sweaters, carving turkeys; all signs that Autumn is among us.

With Autumn also comes one of the more tedious chores of owning or renting a home: raking leaves and other yard waste before the snow falls.

“I moved out of Chicago to come here to have a better life,” Nikki Johnson said as she watched her daughter color her favorite cartoon character.  

Johnson lives in a low-income apartment building with her two-year old daughter.

Johnson was in need of affordable housing quickly after her hours were cut at her job. She was trying to pay her $800 a month rent payment each month.

Report details resources and challenges facing Madison's neighborhoods

Rally participants call for better services for the homeless, criticize criminalization of homelessness

Part II in a series about how the city and county address homelessness in the Madison area