Each year, the City of West Allis hosts a Fair Housing Contest open to all students in West Allis and West Milwaukee. Did you know that it is illegal to discriminate in the sale or rental of housing based on race, color, religion, age, familial status, disability, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression of martial status? Help the City promote fair housing to all by participating in the contest.

The 2025 Fair Housing Contest winners have been chosen! Below are the winning poster designs, and read the winning essays here and here.

The 2025 Fair Housing Contest is open to students in West Allis and West Milwaukee grades K through 12.

Those interested in entering the contest may create

• A poster

  • Grades K-12.

  • Size not to exceed 11x17in.

• An essay

  • Grades 4-12.

  • Can be in the form of a story, poem or essay.

  • Not to exceed to pages in length.

• A video

  • Grades 6-12

  • Minimum length of 2 minutes, but not to exceed 5 minutes in length.

  • Must be delivered via a thumb/flash drive.

All entries must:

• Contain a theme.

• Include the participant's first and last name, school, grade, and parent/guardian contact information.

• Be submitted to the Housing Division by March 21, 2025 at 4 p.m. Submit posters, essays and videos to

  City Hall Housing Division

  Attn: Susan Brandt
  7525 W. Greenfield Ave.
  West Allis, WI 53214

In 2023, the winner of the City's Fair Housing Poster Contest got something extra: their very own utility box! As part of the City's Utility Box Art program, the winning Fair Housing Poster Contest design was wrapped around a utility box at the corner of 60th Street and Grant Street to promote the program's message while beautifying the community.