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Rise Modular Welcomes Tenants February 1 to First Modular Apartment Building in Minneapolis
Launched less than two years ago, Rise Modular welcomes tenants to its first completed project on February 1, 2021. MOD-42 is a 30-unit apartment building in the Standish-Ericsson neighborhood of Minneapolis with a mix of studio and one-bedroom apartments, in walking distance of the Blue Line and close to shopping and recreation. Built as a…
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Construction Revolution Advances Housing Innovation & Technology to Meet Minnesota’s Affordable Housing Needs
Construction Revolution is a movement of individuals and organizations who share a common interest in making housing more affordable for all — by dramatically reducing the cost to build it. Based in Minnesota, we are run by a Core Team of local leaders who came together organically around the call to action in the 2018…
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Habitat for Humanity Home provides an Accessible New Beginning in Faribault
The first time Faribault High School freshman Lul Ahmed steps inside her completed new home on Willow Street, she glows with satisfaction. Her eight brothers — seven of them younger than her — dash from room to room and marvel at everything that makes this dwelling so different from their old house. There’s a laundry…
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Rebuilding Duluth
The City of Duluth, in collaboration with the Duluth Economic Development Authority and the Duluth HRA, released the Rebuild Duluth Program in November of 2019 and a second round of was released during the fall of 2020. The Program provides free infill lots throughout Duluth to applicants interested in building new housing. Applications are scored…
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St. Louis Park Inclusionary Housing Policy Helps Ensure Addition of Affordable Housing Units
Since 2015, the City of St. Louis Park’s inclusionary housing policy has required developers to include affordable housing units in multi-unit, market-rate residential developments that receive financial help from the city and require land use approvals or amendments to the comprehensive plan. The intent of the policy is to create affordable units in market-rate developments…
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Broad Partnership Creates New, High-quality Public Housing for Homeless Families
The Twin Cities, like most parts of Minnesota, faces a dire shortage of safe, permanent housing options for families with children experiencing homelessness. In 2019, the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority (MPHA) opened the Minnehaha Townhomes, 16 townhomes dedicated to these families, who are referred directly from the Hennepin County homeless shelter system. MPHA developed, owns,…
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Unique Financing Strategy Creates More Housing and Services for St. Paul Community – Catholic Charities & Corporation for Supportive Housing
In Ramsey County, home to Minnesota’s capitol city, St. Paul, the lack of affordable housing is a critical issue and the need is great. In 2015, there were nearly 1,200 people experiencing homelessness over the age of 18, and nearly half were on a waiting list for subsidized housing. Of people experiencing homelessness, 51% have…
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Juanita’s Family Weathers COVID-19 in their Habitat Home
“It shouldn’t take a crisis to show how important housing is.” -Juanita, Habitat homeowner since 1995 In 1995, Juanita, Jacques, and their family moved out of a cramped fourplex and into their Habitat home. It’s one of thousands of homes across the Twin Cities built or preserved thanks to your support. For 25 years, that…
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CommonBond’s Continued Expansion Efforts Across the Midwest
With the economic repercussions of COVID-19 continuing to threaten the health of our communities, the need for homes that are safe and affordable is more urgent than ever. In the face of great instability for so many renters across the country, CommonBond Communities remains deeply committed to providing supportive services along with safe, stable, affordable…
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Cities Enact New Affordability Standards
Story of Impact from Minnesota’s Housing Scorecard, Feb. 2020: Housing Goal Three – Build More Homes City of Bloomington adopted an innovative housing ordinance that requires new apartment buildings to make nine percent of units affordable to low- and moderate-income households or contribute to an affordable housing trust fund. In exchange, developers receive incentives that…
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State Legislators Focus on Affordabilty
The Minnesota Legislature formed a bipartisan Commission on Housing Affordability in 2019. The Commission will look at new and existing policies to find opportunities to spur innovation, encourage transparency, and improve the homeownership equity gap. The Minnesota Senate also took an important step forward when it formed the Select Committee on Homeownership Affordability and Availability.…
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Communities Organize Around City Development Plans
Story of Impact from Minnesota’s Housing Scorecard, Feb. 2020: Goal Three – Build More Homes Neighbors for More Neighbors, a citizen coalition advocating for “abundant homes,” originally organized to stand up for proposed new homes in Minneapolis and in support of the 2040 Comprehensive Plan proposals that revamped zoning to allow more people to live…