A stable home is the starting point for opportunity—for our kids, our health, and our economy. With smart investments and policy change, Minnesota can create more homes and keep opportunity within reach for all.

Read MHP’s recap of the 2026 legislative session today!

MHP’s 2026 Legislative Agenda

• Allow More Homes and Housing Choices (Yes to Homes): Promote diverse home types in convenient, connected communities, and streamline processes to reduce barriers and accelerate building.
• Invest through Housing Bonds: Allocate $200 million in Housing Infrastructure Bonds to create deeply affordable homes, and $100 million in General Obligation Bonds for public housing.
• Strengthen the State Housing Tax Credit (SHTC): Good for Greater Minnesota: Align SHTC with the Greater Minnesota Workforce Housing Development Program to increase homes. We’ve proven the concept with a successful pilot—let’s commit to the credit and make it permanent!
• Stabilize Affordable Homes: Preserve funding for supportive housing services with funds that wereappropriated by the 2025 legislature for the since-terminated Housing Stabilization Services program.
• Maximize the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Impact: Align state law on tax-exempt private activity bonds with recent federal updates to unlock more LIHTCs and increase homes statewide.

• Fund Family Homeless Prevention (MN ERASE): Increase the Family Homeless Prevention and Assistance Program (FHPAP) by $35M to support housing stability and keep renters in their homes.
• Enact Source of Income Protections: Clarify state law to prohibit any person from refusing to rent to someone because they receive housing assistance.

• Secure Predictable Funding for Homes: Establish dedicated, predictable funding via the Our Future Starts at Home constitutional amendment to ensure lasting pathways to prosperity so our families and future generations can live and thrive here.

Coalitions MHP Leads and Participates in: Our Future Starts at Home, Nourish MN, Yes to Homes, 4d Affordable Housing Tax Reform Alliance, Minnesota Housing Stability Coalition, Minnesota Rural Development Workgroup, Homes for All, ERASE (End Rental Arrears and Stop Evictions), and the Manufactured Homes Workgroup.

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