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On Thursday, October 24, 2013, eight leading Minneapolis mayoral candidates fielded questions from public housing residents and housing advocates concerning the growing affordable housing crisis in Minneapolis. In the course of this candidate forum, seven of the eight candidates expressed strong support for the United for Homes…

At its December 10 meeting, the Minneapolis Public School Board voted unanimously to endorse H.R. 1213, the Common Sense Housing Investment Act, introduced earlier this year by Representative Keith Ellison, and United for Homes, which is the National Low Income Housing Coalition campaign…

This past Wednesday, Governor Dayton introduced his 2014 bonding proposal, in advance of the 2014 legislative session (which begins on February 25).  The proposal includes $50 million for housing investment, which would be the largest bonding investment for housing in Minnesota history. Advocates, including MHP, are grateful to Governor Dayton…

We are excited to share three key Homes for All milestones from the past month, toward the goal of securing $100 million in bonding for affordable housing in the 2014 legislature: In late February, the Homes for All bonding bill requesting $100 million for Housing was introduced in the House…

The $100 million requested in bonding dollars by the Homes for All alliance remains well-positioned after Wednesday’s passage of two bills through the House Capital Investment Committee. These two bills represent the House version of the bonding bill that will now travel to the Ways and Means committee. House Capital…

Citing a rise in the percentage of students experiencing homelessness, the Superintendent of Saint Paul Public Schools and the Board of Minneapolis Public Schools both recently endorsed the United for Homes campaign to fund the National Housing Trust Fund, which would generate $200 billion to invest…

In case you’ve missed it, we wanted to highlight just how broadly housing has been covered across the state this legislative session. From Bemidji to Rochester and far beyond, housing has been in the news. In particular eight superintendents from across the state have underscored in a…

This morning, the long-awaited Senate bonding proposal was released by the Capital Investment Committee. The proposal includes $80 million for housing. We are grateful to Senate Capital Investment Committee Chair Stumpf and the entire committee for such a strong showing for housing. How does this compare to the House proposal,…

**Update 12pm May 16: The bonding bill was passed by the Senate this morning and is headed to Governor Dayton for his signature.** Days before the end of legislative session, $100 million in bonding for housing is poised for final passage. Early in the morning on May 16, the House…

The 2014 legislative session might be well behind us. But this year’s short session brought huge achievements for housing, and we wanted to provide a recap. The most notable accomplishment of the session was hard to miss: passage of a full $100 million in bonds for affordable housing in the…