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Impact Stories of Community Development
Housing Institute 8: Four Teams from SE MN to Address Housing Challenges in their Communities
On a windy Rochester day, Housing Institute 8 teams gathered to learn how to achieve more affordable housing in their community. MHP established the Housing Institute in 2010, bringing together housing leaders and stakeholders to share experiences and best practices to catalyze the development of affordable housing throughout the state.
Housing and Community Development in the Arctic Circle – MHP’s trip to Barrow, Alaska
Touching down on the runway of BRW airport in Utqiaġvik, Alaska (the community formerly known as Barrow), we could already tell from the views of ice floes in the Arctic Ocean and mossy tundra that we were in for a new experience. In late June 2021, Warren Kramer, Community Development…
Community Partners in Lanesboro Work On Housing Solutions, with Help from MHP’s Housing Institute
Through its participation in MHP’s Housing Institute, Lanesboro partners are working to address the area’s severe lack of available housing and create solutions. Established in 2010, MHPs Housing Institute brings together housing leaders and stakeholders to share their experiences, learn best practices, and develop creative solutions to bring quality…
Adaptive Reuse in International Falls could see first multifamily development in a generation
Housing is hard to find right now in the Borderland, but the reuse of the Alexander-Baker building in International Falls will provide 30 units of affordable housing in the community, and preserve a building with rich history. “The evidence was there — almost 40 years’ worth. Unless our…
MHP releases Local Housing Trust Fund Manual for Minnesota
St. Paul, MN (July 30, 2019) — Today, Minnesota Housing Partnership is announcing the release of its Local Housing Trust Fund Manual for Minnesota. Local Housing Trust Funds are established by a local government by dedicating local public revenue for housing. With 80 pages…
Real impact of #TaxReform: Homes for MN families and homeless seniors at risk
Last month, working families in Princeton, homeless seniors in Minneapolis and Minnesota residents across the state got hope for a better future when the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency (MHFA) announced its latest round of funding to create and preserve more than 1,800 affordable…
Pulitzer Prize winner to highlight impact of evictions in the Twin Cities
In 2016 alone, nearly 9,000 evictions were filed in Hennepin and Ramsey counties — propelling thousands of families into crisis. This week, Pulitzer Prize winner Dr. Matthew Desmond, author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, will join local advocates and leaders to shine…
Sequestration Impacts Hit Home
Sequestration, automatic across-the-board cuts to federal defense and non-defense discretionary spending, was meant to be a disincentive for political gridlock. However, it apparently did not serve its intended purpose as federal lawmakers were not able to agree on a deficit reduction package by the March 1st deadline. Though advocates hoped Congress…