The Columbus Park Supreme Court Decision

and the Continued Property Tax Exemption for Low Income and Senior Housing Providers

Talking Points on "Pre-Columbus Park Legislation

July 2000 Benevolent Retirement Home for the Aged Task Force: Not-for-Profit Perspective -- Final Report

November 19, 2003 Columbus Park Housing Corporation v. City of Kenosha Supreme Court Decision

League of Wisconsin Municipalities Amicus Curiae Brief in Columbus Park: Benevolent Retirement Homes

WAHSA FYI-03-16 (11/26/03): Supreme Court Rules Against Columbus Park Housing Group

Reinhart Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Property Tax Exemption for Senior Housing: WAHSA Member Alert (1/23/04)

12/16/03 Letter from John Sauer to James Gultry of the Department of Revenue: Clarification of the Columbus Park Decision

1/23/04 Memo to Wisconsin Assessors from DOR on Columbus Park

WHEDA Memo: Property Tax Exemption Issues Raised by Columbus Park
-- Potential Effects for WHEDA and WHEDA Draft Language on Possible Amendments


Non-Profit Affordable Housing Coalition Draft Legislation (no sunset clause)

2/3/04 Interested Legislators Memo on Columbus Park from John Sauer

Spreadsheet on Median Incomes (30%, 50%, 60%, 80%, 140% and median)

1/04/2000 Memo from WAHSA Executive Director John Sauer to Tom Ourada of the Department of Revenue

on the Legislative Chronology of the Benevolent Retirement Home for the Aged Issue





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WAHSA's 2004 Issue Papers


Support for Assembly Bill 842 Relating to the Regulation of Nursing Homes

2003 Assembly Bill 644: RCAC Fees and Regulations

Issue: $400 Million Medicaid Deficit

WAHSA 2003 Issue Papers:

Nursing Home Forfeiture Surcharge/Assisted Living Forfeitures

Nursing Home Medicaid Rate Increase and Provider Bed Tax

Federal Revenue Maximization Initiatives/Transfer from the Patients Compensation Fund

Nursing Home Funding in the 2003-05 Biennium

Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau Report 02-21, “Regulation of Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities”

This study by the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA) of operating margins in not-for-profit nursing homes is based on an analysis of the 990 tax returns from 272 not-for-profit, freestanding facilities.

WAHSA 2002 Issue Papers:

Issue: Preserve IGT Funding for Nursing Homes

Issue: Support for the Budget Reform Bill's Medicaid Provisions

Issue: Opposition to The Health Care Worker Mandatory Overtime Prohibition Bills

Issue: Minimum Nurse Staffing Requirements for Nursing Facilities

Issue: Summary - July 2000 Medicaid Rates

WAHSA 2000 Issue Papers:

Issue: Future Nursing Facility Funding Concerns

Issue: A 3.5% wage pass-through for nursing home housekeepers, food workers and laundry workers

Issue: User Fees

Issue: A Federal Waiver to Pilot an Alternative Nursing Home Survey Process in Wisconsin

Issue: Further Balanced Budget Act Refinements Needed

Issue: Recruitment of Foreign Nurses

Issue: Use of "Single Task" Employees in Nursing Homes

WAHSA 1999 Issue Papers:

Issue: Caregiver Criminal Background Checks
Issue: Support for a Wage Pass-through for Nursing Home Employees
Position Statement on Family Care, the Governor's Budget Proposal to Redesign the Long-Term Care Delivery System

Wisconsin Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
204 South Hamilton Street
Madison, WI 53703
Telephone: (608)255-7060 FAX:(608)255-7064