‘Impact has been very negative:’ Residency study shows 21 percent of city workers don’t live in Milwaukee

  • Source: WITI Fox Channel 6
  • Published: 03/06/2018 05:08 PM

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and several aldermen are saying many city workers choose not to live in the city, and that's having a huge financial impact. The city's Legislative Reference Bureau did some number crunching and overall, 21 percent of City of Milwaukee workers don't live in Milwaukee, according to their analysis. The new numbers have city leaders talking. Milwaukee police officers and firefighters -- two main groups that used to have to live in the City of Milwaukee, were under a 75-year-old residency requirement. The Wisconsin Legislature changed that in 2013, and it was upheld by the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 2016. "The people who pay the price are the taxpayers of Milwaukee," said Alderman Michael Murphy.



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