When families pay too much for rent, they’re forced to sacrifice to make ends meet — cutting back at the grocery store or delaying a trip to the doctor. Released last week, the National Low Income Housing Coalition’s Out of Reach 2021 report highlights state and…
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MHP releases rural rental housing policy report
Minnesota Housing Partnership has released Rural Rental Housing: Report and Recommendations (April 2020). The report is a culmination of stakeholder surveys and a fall 2019 convening of rural rental housing policy stakeholders in Little Falls, Minnesota. Rural housing advocates and community members met to talk…
New program seeks to make homeownership accessible for more Becker County residents
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.
Minnesota’s East Central communities are growing — and so is their need for affordable housing
Leaders ‘ECHO’ the need for affordable housing Located between Duluth and the Twin Cities — and within two hours of 80% of Minnesota’s population — it’s no surprise that the East Central region is one of the fastest growing in the state. But in…
Sold Out panel: There are many faces of homelessness and housing instability
It’s not only damaging financially but damaging to your soul, to your spirit, to your self esteem, to your mental and physical health. There were so many lasting impressions and damage that there’s no way money could make you whole again. – Maria Johnson, former Crossroads resident…
New report highlights key housing issues facing immigrant communities in the Twin Cities
For many Twin Cities immigrants even today, the dream of securing a safe, healthy affordable home is out of reach. A new study reveals that the three largest immigrant populations in the Twin Cities — the Hmong, Latino, and Somali communities — carry a heavier…
New report: Nearly $19/hour needed to afford a 2-bedroom apartment in MN
There isn’t a single county in the state of Minnesota where a full-time minimum wage worker can afford even a modest one-bedroom apartment. In the Twin Cities, it takes 70 hours per week at minimum wage to afford rent for a single-bedroom home. When families pay too much…
Sold Out: New documentary shares tenant stories, lifts up solutions to loss of affordable housing
The voices of tenants and owners, advocates and elected officials raise the urgency and opportunity to address the loss of affordable housing in a new documentary. Produced by Twin Cities PBS, in partnership with local advocates and funders, “Sold Out: Affordable Housing at Risk” reveals the…
10 Graphics that Reveal the State of the State’s Housing
Minnesota is recognized as a national leader for its commitment to helping families with affordable ownership and rental homes. But while significant progress has been made in areas like homelessness, housing is still becoming too costly for growing numbers of Minnesotans — especially low- to moderate-income families and households of…
State of Housing 2016 highlights challenges in rural and tribal communities
The national report provided further proof of what we at MHP know so well: rural and tribal communities face particular challenges when it comes to affordable housing. Last week, the Harvard Joint Center on Housing released its annual “State of the Nation’s Housing” report and, as many…