Wis. Stat. § 66.1015
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Municipal rent control, inclusionary zoning, prohibited.
Official statutory text
(1) No city, village, town or county may regulate the amount of rent or fees charged for the use of a residential rental dwelling unit.
(2) This section does not prohibit a city, village, town, county, or housing authority or the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority from doing any of the following:
(a) Entering into a rental agreement which regulates rent or fees charged for the use of a residential rental dwelling unit it owns or operates.
(b) Entering into an agreement with a private person who regulates rent or fees charged for a residential rental dwelling unit.
(3)
(a) In this subsection:
1. “Inclusionary zoning” means a zoning ordinance, as defined in s. 66.10015 (1) (e) , regulation, or policy that prescribes that a certain number or percentage of new or existing residential dwelling units in a land development be made available for rent or sale to an individual or family with a family income at or below a certain percentage of the median income.
2. “Median income” has the meaning given in s. 234.49 (1) (g) .
(b) No city, village, town, or county may enact, impose, or enforce an inclusionary zoning requirement.
History: 1991 a. 39 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 377 ; Stats. 1999 s. 66.1015; 2001 a. 104 ; 2017 a. 243 ; 2021 a. 238 , 239 .
(2) This section does not prohibit a city, village, town, county, or housing authority or the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority from doing any of the following:
(a) Entering into a rental agreement which regulates rent or fees charged for the use of a residential rental dwelling unit it owns or operates.
(b) Entering into an agreement with a private person who regulates rent or fees charged for a residential rental dwelling unit.
(3)
(a) In this subsection:
1. “Inclusionary zoning” means a zoning ordinance, as defined in s. 66.10015 (1) (e) , regulation, or policy that prescribes that a certain number or percentage of new or existing residential dwelling units in a land development be made available for rent or sale to an individual or family with a family income at or below a certain percentage of the median income.
2. “Median income” has the meaning given in s. 234.49 (1) (g) .
(b) No city, village, town, or county may enact, impose, or enforce an inclusionary zoning requirement.
History: 1991 a. 39 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 377 ; Stats. 1999 s. 66.1015; 2001 a. 104 ; 2017 a. 243 ; 2021 a. 238 , 239 .
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