Across the state, growing ranks of renter households are facing an increasingly challenging housing market with rising rents and declining vacancy rates. Current owners of unsubsidized rental properties have few tools to preserve and improve aging properties to maintain homes for current and future tenants. New construction of rental units…
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515 Properties: Preserving affordable rental housing in rural communities
This report describes important affordable rural rental properties across Minnesota and the people who live there. These are rental units that have been financed under the USDA’s Section 515 program. As federal investments in the 515 program have been insufficient and declining for many years, many 515 properties are…
Rural Rental Housing: Report and Recommendations
(April 2020)This report identifies challenges to preservation of rural rental housing and solutions developed by community members that live and work in Greater Minnesota. The report highlights needs and solutions for USDA Rural Development 515 properties. A cover letter, here, connects report recommendations to COVID-19 housing stability needs.
MHP releases rural rental housing policy report
Minnesota Housing Partnership has released Rural Rental Housing: Report and Recommendations (April 2020). The report is a culmination of stakeholder surveys and a fall 2019 convening of rural rental housing policy stakeholders in Little Falls, Minnesota. Rural housing advocates and community members met to talk…
Rental assistance is required for Minnesotans to face COVID-19
Failure to include rental assistance will have dire consequences for low-income Minnesotans The lack of rental assistance in the Minnesota Legislature’s COVID-19 relief bill will have immediate negative consequences for Minnesota’s lowest income households. Advocates pressed for $100 million for rental assistance through the Family Homeless Prevention and Assistance Program.
Tell lawmakers to support rental assistance for COVID-19 displaced workers
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Minnesota must immediately provide rental assistance to workers displaced by COVID-19
On Monday, Governor Tim Walz announced Executive Order 20-14 suspending evictions. Eviction moratoriums are a great first step to preventing homelessness, but much more is needed. State leaders must provide rental assistance of at least $100 million through the Family Homeless Prevention Assistance Program (FHPAP) or another rental assistance program. According…
Market Watch Issue #5: Hennepin County
Across the Twin Cities, the growing ranks of renter households are facing an increasingly challenging housing market with rising rents and declining vacancy rates. While developers are leveraging public and private resources to create new affordable units, current owners of unsubsidized rental properties have few tools to preserve and…
State of the State’s Housing 2019
In its second edition, State of the State’s Housing shows that more than a quarter of Minnesota families pay more than they can afford for housing — and that number is growing. As legislators make critical decisions about housing funding and programs across Minnesota, this report provides a comprehensive and compelling look at important…