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La Crosse Housing Authority La Crosse Housing Authority written by SUSAN T. HESSEL published in LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN 1998 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS No book of this kind is written without a great deal of assistance from many people and organizations. Thanks to • the La Crosse Tribune for the many stories it has written about the La Crosse Housing Authority over the years, including some that have been zingers. • the staff of the La Crosse Public Libary Archives, and Special Collections at Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, for helping to access these stories. • Jane Alberts, Executive Director of the La Crosse Housing Authority, and a terrific staff of caring people. Susan T. Hessel TABLE of CONTENTS '... we need a roof over our heads' 1 Did you know La Crosse has 'homes' like these? 5 The housing 'emergency' 11 Sheriff tries to evict family 15 Federal approval for housing units 17 The Green Bay Street Housing Project and other housing fronts 29 Salzer plats — promoting the American dream 37 HUD and public housing 43 Public housing for La Crosse families 45 The emergency housing community has its challenges 61 Housing Authority becomes debt free 63 Veterans housing shows its wear 65 Schuh Homes 73 Schuh Homes graduates 81 Closing the temporary housing units 85 Housing for the elderly 87 *HUD Accounting' and Robert Daley 99 Pulling together to hold back the flood 101 Mullen Homes and Stokke Tower 105 A Mullen Homes graduate .. 113 The office'girl' 114 Sauber Manor 117 Huber Homes 121 The great lettuce caper 129 Meeting child care needs 133 Becker Plaza and Forest Park 137 Grover Estates ., 143 Ping Manor and Solberg Heights 147 Dogs and cats and birds, oh my 149 Angie Wiemerslage 153 Awards, awards and more awards 163 Reasons for success 175 What current high rise residents say 181 Views from family housing 183 A look to the future 187 Housing Authority Commissioners 193 Housing Authority of the City of La Crosse Employees 195 Index 199 —Tribune Photo First Project of the Housing Authority of the city, conversion of ordnance plant buildings to 74 dwelling units, gets the go-ahead signal with the signing of a use-permit for the area by Secretary of Agriculture Clinton D, Anderson, word of which was received Friday afternoon by Mayor J.J. Verchota* center. Standing are the housing commissioners, LN, Weisensel, Dr. CO. Pederson, Mrs. Owen Jackson, the Rt Rev. Msgr, AX Schuh and Harry D. Newburg* Work on remodeling of the buildings is expected to begin in a week or 10 days. FOREWORD I was not an early advocate of public housing. At first I thought it was just a handout that would create life-long dependency. It didn't take me long to change my mind. Public housing for families is much more than a handout — it is a leg up. It helps people in difficult periods of their lives to stabilize themselves financially so they can move forward and into their own homes. For many older citizens who have worked hard all their lives and are now on fixed incomes, public housing is an opportunity for them to live safely, comfortably and with dignity. So important did public housing become in my mind, I not only served on the La Crosse Housing Authority, I helped start the La Crosse County Housing Authority. I am a past chairman of the La Crosse County Housing Authority and today am chairman of the city authority. The La Crosse Housing Authority Board first considered developing a history about two years ago as we were approaching the 50th anniversary of our founding. Not many people realize the origins of the Housing Authority go back to the end of World War II when La Crosse, like other communities in the country, faced a severe housing shortage as soldiers returned home. Our first projects were designed to help these soldiers who were so eager to return to a normal life once again. After successfully housing these young families in renovated barracks, the Housing Authority looked to meet the permanent challenge of housing the poor. It was not easy. Some in the community thought the notion of public housing smacked of socialism and was competition with landlords. There were many battles to gain public support for the various family and senior citizen projects in La Crosse today. The Housing Authority had its share of criticism over the years — some rightfully and some not-so-rightfully in my opinion. But in the last half century this Housing Authority has housed thousands of people on their way to independence. It also has won many quality awards from the state of Wisconsin and the federal government. We are proud of this record, particularly because there were obstacles to overcome much like the challenges that the people we serve face in their lives. This book is dedicated to these residents, past, present and future. May they always have a roof over their heads. Roland Solberg, Chairman La Crosse Housing Authority Board of Commissioners \ • .we need a roof over our heads1 "It couldn't happen in La Crosse." At least that's what a La Crosse newspaper wrote in a photo caption of a family that had taken up temporary residence on a bench in the old courthouse square in post World War II La Crosse. Beleaguered eleven-year-old June Powers held a sign that told the family's story: "Evictedfrom my home." Also photographed in the undated newspaper clipping were sister, Joyce, 14, her mother and father, and three-year-old brother, Bernard, held on his father's lap. A second sign rested against the father's leg, giving warning to others still living in homes: "You may be next." Mrs. Powers spoke for the family: "An American must have the right to live where he works, to have a decent home for his family and to be able to rear his children properly and to give them an education." 2 '. ,We need a roof over our heads' T w«n^ F«T«^M m fi nine- .....riilili ••••Hi six rooms and 10 in tiiree critical housing situation in eviction proceedings brought against Roy Artis, 421% as do also those of the Artis eran of World War II and The Story of the La Crosse Housing Authority 3 Decades before the terms "homeless" or "street people" came into the popular jargon, there were people in La Crosse — and throughout the country — who had no place to live. Children were "parceled out" to relatives, sometimes in different cities. Parents stayed wherever they could find a room to rent or with relatives who might already be taking in others. The search for housing often took months, even years. When found, accommodations were substandard even by early standards. Most pressing was the plight of veterans after World War II. These heroes came home to parades but no places to hang their hats. Eager to resume their lives, they found themselves crowded into homes owned by their in-laws, often staying on the living room couch. Two and three families shared a single house. With such a lack of privacy, it is a wonder America had a baby boom. Mrs. Norman (Viola) Duffrin was like many who turned to the local newspaper for help. Her letter to the editor of the La Crosse Tribune pleaded for a place to live other than the home of her parents, Irene and John Euler on South 11th Street. We have lived the last two and a half years with my mother and dad because of the housing shortage. We have six children who range in age from two to 17 years. My mother has two grandsons, ages six and four years, to care for because of the death of their mother in 1943. My brother, an ex-sailor, is at home, too. That means 13 people living in five rooms. It is very overcrowded. My dad is in ill health and can't work. My folks need their home to themselves and we can't get one. For the sake of our children, we need a roof over our heads. What can we do? We need a house very much. 4 '. ,We need a roof over our heads' The Duffrin family story was not unique. In 1946, the housing shortage was so acute in the city of Minneapolis that Mayor Hubert H. Humphrey (who later became a U.S. Senator, Vice President of the United States and a candidate for President) led a Shelter-A-Vet housing drive designed to open the hearts and homes of residents whose extra rooms were not being used. The campaign, which included the song "A Place to Hang My Hat," was offered to La Crosse Mayor J.J. Verchota to use in a similar effort. The song, written by veteran Jack La Salle, was a cry for help: I want a place to hang my hat; Anything would do. I'm not very choosy, A place like this or that would do. Got a great big frown on my face, Cause I've got the gal Got the time, but got no place To even hang my hat, and call home. It is into this atmosphere that the La Crosse Housing Authority — the sixth in the state —was born in 1946 to solve the problems of veterans, later poor families and later still the elderly. Over a half century, the Authority went from an agency viewed with skepticism at best — even suspected of socialist or communist leanings — to a national leader in public housing with four family projects, seven high rises for the elderly and 150 vouchers for private-sector housing for very low income persons.
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