MHP seeks a statewide housing campaign organizer to activate pro-housing community members and partner organizations throughout the state.
Publications
2023 Report: The USDA Section 515 Program and the Challenge of Preserving Affordable Housing in Greater Minnesota
This research effort was a multi-year collaboration between the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA), Housing Justice Center, and Minnesota Housing Partnership (MHP). The CURA-funded research was lead by Ryan Allen with support by CURA Community-Based Research. For MHP, this 2023 report…
2023 Minnesota State Housing Profile
March 2023 MHP announces the 2023 State Housing Profile, a precursor to MHP’s seminal State of the State’s Housing report. Released once every two years, this resource provides new data measurements at the state level in critical housing areas for 2023. MHP’s State Profile features data on…
Local Housing Trust Funds in Minnesota
February 2023 This publication provides information on the numerous Minnesota cities and counties that have adopted Local Housing Trust Funds (LHTFs). With Minnesota having adopted a state match program, we have continued to see a steady increase of funds established across the state. This report includes information from MHPs most recent…
Research Publication: The Impact of the COVID-19 Eviction Moratorium on Landlord-Initiated Displacement Actions
October 18, 2022 People call for help with formal evictions, but rarely call about the many other ways they are forced from their homes. Non-formal evictions, or extrajudicial evictions, are happening in the shadows, and in oppressive ways, and are a great contributor to housing instability across Minnesota. —Nelima…
MHP Releases Key Facts on Housing
September 2022 All people should have a safe, secure place to call home. Today, 550,000 Minnesotans pay more than 30% of their income on housing (also known as “cost burdened”)—a number that continues to escalate. These families are forced to choose between paying for housing and other necessities such as…
Market Watch Issue #8: Mankato, Moorhead & St. Cloud
Across the state, growing ranks of renter households are facing an increasingly challenging housing market with rising rents and declining vacancy rates—a problem which has been exacerbated by the impacts of COVID-19. Current owners of unsubsidized rental properties lack the tools to preserve and improve aging properties necessary to maintain…
Renter Snapshot Series: May 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated housing insecurity for millions of households, especially for low-income, Black, Indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC) households. However, the solutions are not elusive—when given access to emergency rental assistance, the renters most in need experienced housing stability. Households of color have been more likely…
NW MN Regional Profile 2021
Access to safe, affordable homes builds a strong foundation for families and communities. But too many Minnesotans lack good housing options. For data on housing and stock, income, renters and owners, and more for NW Minnesota download the full report here. For the purposes of this…
Renter Data on Cost Burden & Rent Debt
This January 2022 data snapshot presents some indicators of projected need for emergency housing assistance. Thisreport includes county-level data provided by the State of Minnesota relating to applications for Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) distributed by the program RentHelpMN. This work was funded as part of the Minnesota ERASE campaign and in…