GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – The City of Green Bay could more than double its affordable housing fund by keeping the I-43 Business Park tax increment financing district open for one more year.

On Aug. 12, the city’s Joint Review Board and Redevelopment Authority voted to approve an “affordable housing extension” for the district, which was created in 2005 to install roads, utilities and other infrastructure east of Interstate 43.

The extension still needs final approval from the City Council.

Neighborhood Development Specialist William Peters said the move would bring in about $3.4 million in 2027 for the city’s Tax Increment District Affordable Housing (TIDAH) program — more than double the $1.7 million the fund has collected since it was created in 2021.

“This was a very productive TIF d

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