Story of Impact from Minnesota’s Housing Scorecard, Feb. 2020:
Housing Goal One – Commit to Homes as a Priority
The 2019 proposed housing budget of $283.6 million was the largest-ever proposed and an increase of more than 26 percent. But the final budget approved by the Legislature offered only a modest increase. The Minnesota House of Representatives created a Housing Committee, elevating the importance of the issue. Looking towards 2020, the Walz-Flanagan Administration made a $276 million bonding request, the largest ever, for critically needed affordable housing. Watch the Governor’s press conference making his 2020 Bonding Bill proposal.
