State ex rel. Department of Development v. State of Building Commission

This is an original action for Declaratory Judgment. The question is: Does sec. 560.04(3), Stats.1 (1985), authorizing the State of Wisconsin *4(State) through the Wisconsin Department of Development (Department) to make loans to private real estate developers for privately owned housing, part of which is to be available to "low and moderate income” persons, violate Article VIII, sec. 10 of the Wisconsin Constitution ban on state involvement in "internal improvements.” The original provision in the Constitution of 1848 read as follows:

"The state shall never contract any debt for works of…