Welcome to La Crosse Housing Week! May 3 - May 9, 2026
This week-long series of free events highlights our community’s housing challenges, offering opportunities to learn, engage, and take part in solutions for the future. Join us.
Building the Future of La Crosse
May 4, 2026 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm – La Crosse needs to build more than 200 new units of housing every year through 2030 to meet current demand. How will we get there? In this conversation, local builders representing both for-profit and non-profit development will share their perspectives on the housing crisis and discuss what structural changes and innovations need to take place […]
Forward La Crosse: Zoning Code Update Lunch Session
May 5, 2026 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm – Join City staff and project partners for a one-hour event to explore updating La Crosse’s Municipal Zoning Code. This family-friendly event will feature a presentation exploring the purpose and goals of the zoning code review and an update on code changes thus far. After the presentation, attendees can engage in a Q&A with City staff, […]
Forward La Crosse: Zoning Code Update Evening Session
May 5, 2026 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Join City staff and project partners for a one-hour event to explore updating La Crosse’s Municipal Zoning Code. This family-friendly event will feature a presentation exploring the purpose and goals of the zoning code review and an update on code changes thus far. After the presentation, attendees can engage in a Q&A with City staff, share […]
Finding Your Third Place: Author Talk with Dr. Rick Kyte
May 7, 2026 @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm – Sponsored by AARP. Do you have a third place? Your first place is home, your second place is work, and your third place is where you go to socialize and build friendships. Yet, for several reasons, many people today find themselves without a third place of their own. At a time when our nation is facing an epidemic of […]
Missing Middle Housing Tour
May 9, 2026 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am – “Missing middle” describes housing types that offer multiple units at a modest scale within existing neighborhoods. Think duplexes, triplexes, accessory dwelling units, and small apartment buildings. Historically, it would have been common to see such homes coexist among single-family residences throughout La Crosse. On this tour, we’ll take a closer look at these types of […]
PUSH: Film Night at the Rivoli
May 7, 2026 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Housing prices are skyrocketing in cities around the world. Incomes are not. PUSH sheds light on a new kind of faceless landlord, our increasingly unlivable cities and an escalating crisis that has an effect on all of us. This is not gentrification, it’s a different kind of monster. The film follows Leilani Farha, the UN […]
Learn about housing in La Crosse
Our Purpose Statement
La Crosse Housing Week partners, hosts, and sponsors have created a week’s worth of events to boost involvement in local housing issues and zoning reform. We aim to connect participants to the information, tools, and resources they need to participate in decision-making processes in their community. We especially strive to reach people who are excluded from or do not have access to participation in public policy development.
Presented By
La Crosse Housing Week is presented by Habitat for Humanity of the Greater La Crosse Region and its many community partners. Habitat leads the La Crosse Housing Advocacy Committee, committed to advancing affordable housing throughout our community.
Questions?
If you have questions about La Crosse Housing Week or want to get involved, please email natalie@habitatlacrosse.org or sam@habitatlacrosse.org.
