Overview
- Employ Milwaukee opened applications for Milwaukee Fresh and said more than 14 applications arrived quickly, with Tennessee and Illinois among the leading sources, on Friday.
- The program reimburses qualifying moving costs from $3,000 for single-person households to $9,000 for households of four or more based on household size.
- To qualify applicants must live outside Wisconsin, establish residency within Milwaukee city limits, and report a household income of at least $55,000.
- Milwaukee Fresh is funded by a Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation grant, includes housing navigation and community networking partners, and aims to help roughly 25 to 50 households through December 2028.
- The initiative targets recruits for health care, engineering, IT, biotech and public service jobs, but its modest size means the city will need additional strategies to address the decade-long population decline.