Local Impact
The Capital Magnet Fund Helps Reinvigorate a Community
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The Court Tower Apartments, a 14-story 1970s affordable housing building in the heart of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, had become an eyesore in the community. The building was dated, run down, and in the words of a longtime neighbor was "dangerously close to becoming a slum." The Oshkosh Housing Authority (OHA)had a vision of a completely transformed building designed to enhance the quality of life for the building?s residents?low-income seniors and adults with disabilities, some of whom had experienced homelessness.
