Milwaukee floats Airbnb tax, ticket fees to pay for low-income neighborhood development

A fee on Airbnb rentals or tickets sold for sports and entertainment events are among ideas Milwaukee officials are considering to generate more money for development in low-income neighborhoods.

Milwaukee aldermen have challenged city departments and Mayor Tom Barrett to take on the slower pace of development in low-income neighborhoods compared with downtown. That spurred a search for new sources of money for city programs intended to support development in low-income neighborhoods...