Olympic Peninsula Extended Needs Housing (OPEN Housing) spent a snowy 1.5 days in Port Angeles, WA with MHP staff members Barbara Dolan, Devon Pohlman, and Courtney Overby on a site visit to complete a needs assessment; exchanging stories, touring properties, and diving into discussions on priorities…
Impact Stories of Community Development
Part One: North Olympic Regional Veterans Housing Network’s Work with MHP: “It saved our agency.”
It all began with a Google search. In 2020, with the global pandemic raging, Cheri Tinker felt overwhelmed in her position as Executive Director of the North Olympic Regional Veterans Housing Network (NORVHN), an organization she founded. While NORVHN was experiencing growth, it was all set up on one…
MHP & Taos Pueblo Housing Authority Collaboration Leads to New Housing
For the past three years, MHP’s Community Development team has been working with the Taos Pueblo Housing Authority to provide technical assistance on multiple fronts, including supporting their mission and helping to create a guide for staff in maintaining compliance. Another collaborative project is the funding…
MHP Partners in Texas to Provide Technical Assistance
In December, MHP staff traveled to two rural communities along the Rio Grande River in Texas. Together with staff members from come dream. come build, MHP’s Community Development Team met with local stakeholders including the staff from the Starr County Self Help Center and Colonias Unidas in…
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…