Homes as a Prioriity
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Jeremiah Program Completes 40 New Affordable Homes for Single Mothers with Children in Rochester
Jeremiah Program is a Minnesota-based non-profit that offers one of the nation’s most successful strategies for transforming families from poverty to prosperity two generations at a time. They provide affordable housing paired with intensive services designed to help single mothers excel in the workforce, prepare their children to succeed in school, and reduce generational dependence…
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City of Saint Paul passes S.A.F.E. Housing Saint Paul Tenant Protections
(As of 4.21.21 there is pending litigation on this program.) In 2017, the City of Saint Paul developed a Fair Housing Work Group to outline potential pathways for the city to advance fair housing. The Fair Housing Work Group identified goals to create the infrastructure needed to support policy and strategy work around changing the…
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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 Offers Lease Incentive Payments to Landlords Participating in Housing Choice Voucher Program
A lack of participation by landlords combined with low vacancy rates makes it challenging for Housing Choice Voucher/Section 8 holders to find suitable housing in St. Louis Park. To spur participation by landlords, the St. Louis Park Housing Authority introduced two incentive payments for leases signed between October 2020 and May 2021. The incentive payments…
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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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St. Louis Park Enacts Ordinances to Protect Tenants
Rental properties make up about 44 percent of available housing in St. Louis Park. A 2017 study showed that of those rental properties, about 45 percent was naturally occurring affordable housing (NOAH). It’s suspected that figure has decreased more since 2017, which is indicative of the overall decline in NOAH properties in the Twin Cities.…
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Innovative “Stable Homes Stable Schools” partnership reaches thousands of young students experiencing homelessness
The Stable Homes Stable Schools program was inspired by a sobering statistic: one of 15 elementary students in the Minneapolis Public Schools experiences homelessness. Stable Homes Stable Schools provides direct rental assistance to these families through a powerful partnership. School social workers connect with families in need. The City of Minneapolis, Minneapolis Public Housing Authority…
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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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CHUM Partners with the City of Duluth and St. Louis County to Provide a Safe Place for Homeless During COVID-19
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, CHUM is working with the City of Duluth and St. Louis County to provide two COVID-19 isolation and quarantine locations for people experiencing homelessness. One site was established by the City of Duluth to provide a safer, less dense environment for people at CHUM Shelter who are particularly vulnerable:…