Group Homes Approved in Waukesha

Waukesha's Plan Commission approved two group homes by St. Coletta.  Initially the Catholic service organization wanted to build two group homes in Welsh Oaks, but later modified it after opposition to one in Welsh Oaks (approved in a previous meeting) and one in Rolling Ridge South (approved in the recent meeting).

I always have mixed feelings about city ordinances limiting the number of group homes, or limiting how close they can be to each other.  It's a unquestionable violation of the Fair Housing Act in my view since it limits the choices of people with disabilities, so I'm mostly against those types of ordinances.

But I wouldn't want to see multiple group homes in neighborhoods creating "ghettos of disability" either, since providers tend to like to cluster their facilities for easier staff transit.