Housing cost proposals from Wisconsin candidates for governor

As residents grapple with rising rents and a shortage of available homes for purchase, housing has become a central theme in Wisconsin’s 2026 race for governor.

Wisconsin will need to build at least 84,000 new housing units to address the state’s housing shortage, according to a study this year by Forward Analytics, the nonpartisan research outlet for the Wisconsin Counties Association. The group called that figure a “low-end estimate,” though it’s down from the group’s previous estimate in 2023 because of a decline in the state’s working-age population...

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RSK: How the 7 Democrats and 2 Republican candidates for Governor see the road to solve the housing problem in Wisconsin. Take your pick.