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Lead Our Capacity Team as Community Development Director

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Created: Friday, 12 April 2019 14:39

Written by Andy Birkey

Community Development Director Kelly Zelenka is leaving MHP in early May to join the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority. At MPHA, she’ll develop and drive implementation of Agency’s new comprehensive human services strategy geared toward significant outcomes in health, educational attainment and workforce development for MPHA-assisted families, children, seniors and persons with disabilities.

“Kelly has been a tremendous leader at MHP and her leadership of our community development programs has made a lasting impact on communities around Minnesota and beyond,” said Anne Mavity, MHP’s executive director. “We will miss Kelly at MHP, but there is a silver lining: Kelly will be putting her experience and skills into work that will elevate the lives of people served by the MPHA. She’s going to do a tremendous job.”

Kelly has graciously agreed to stay with MHP and assist with the transition through early May.

If you or someone in your network is interested in joining MHP’s leadership team as Community Development Director, view the position profile here.

MHP welcomes new staff to grow Investors Council and strengthen IT

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Created: Wednesday, 03 April 2019 14:19

Written by Laura Proescholdt

This spring we’re energized by sunshine and two fantastic additions to the MHP team: Tasha Byers and Kate Ingersoll. As Membership and Development Officer, Tasha works to grow and strengthen MHP's Investors Council, a cross-sector network of affordable housing leaders who support MHP’s work. As IT Lead, Kate will help MHP meet our goals by improving technology systems and building IT skills among staff.

“I know Tasha and Kate will play integral roles as we work hard to continue growing our impact,” said Executive Director Anne Mavity. “I am excited to welcome them to the team and to celebrate all the ways in which they will make us a better, more effective organization.”

Tasha Byers, Membership & Development Officer

As Membership & Development Officer, Tasha works with companies and individuals who generously support MHP’s work strengthening communities through affordable housing and capacity building.

“I am thrilled to lead MHP’s Investors Council,” Byers said. For more than five years, the Investors Council has grown in membership, funding support, and engagement in affordable housing advocacy. “I am so excited to work with this group, which has potential to make an even greater impact," Byers continued. "I am also energized to engage current and future Investor Council members. I’d love to diversify the growing member base and introduce possible new programming.”

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Staff from every MN federal elected office engage with housing trends at briefing

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Created: Friday, 29 March 2019 14:10

Written by Laura Proescholdt

New program seeks to make homeownership accessible for more Becker County residents

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Created: Wednesday, 03 April 2019 13:59

Written by Laura Proescholdt

Say you work at a school in Becker County, Minnesota. A single parent, there’s nothing you’d love more than to own a home and provide a stable place for your daughter to grow up. But for years, homeownership has felt out of reach despite working full time.

A new program may help you achieve your goal of homeownership: Home Ownership for Me (HOMe). Administered by Midwest Minnesota Community Development Corporation, the program provides zero-interest down payment loans to qualifying individuals and families who work in Becker County and want to live there, too. Payments on the loan are deferred until the home is sold or the term of the first mortgage is complete. The program is a “revolving fund” because funds used to repay the loan are returned to the loan pool to help another family secure a home later on.

A team of local leaders advanced the idea for the HOMe program through MHP’s Housing Institute, an 18-month program that provides capacity building to three teams as they pursue a project that positively impacts affordable housing in their respective regions.

Photo: Members of the Detroit Lakes Housing Institute Team at a meeting in 2018

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