STORIES OF IMPACT AND PROGRESS ON MINNESOTA’S SIX HOUSING GOALS
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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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Pioneering Move Brings Millions in New Dollars to Preserve Single-family Public Housing in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Public Housing Agency (MPHA) owns and operates over 5,900 housing units, including 42 high-rise buildings that serve mostly elderly and disabled individuals. It is less commonly known that MPHA owns more than 700 single-family, duplex, and fourplex homes for families across Minneapolis. These “scattered sites” are particularly expensive to operate. Some are more…
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Impact in Action – The Homeownership Opportunity Alliance
The Homeownership Opportunity Alliance (HOA) is a working coalition of engaged industry leaders actively dedicated to closing Minnesota’s racial homeownership gap – one of the worst in the Nation. Convened by the nonprofit Minnesota Homeownership Center and the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency in 2017, the Coalition has grown to more than 50 like-minded nonprofits, government…
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Homeownership Promotion and Preservation Among Underserved Populations Yields a Substantial Social Return on Investment
The nonprofit Minnesota Homeownership Center promotes and advances successful homeownership in Minnesota with an emphasis on serving those facing the greatest barriers to homeownership: lower income households and communities of color. This work goes straight to the heart of reducing Minnesota’s racial homeownership gap; one of the highest such gaps in the Nation. In 2019,…
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Minnesota’s Racial Homeownership Gap is Among the Highest in the Nation – Minnesota Homeownership Center is Working to Reduce This Gap – Tamla’s Story
The nonprofit Minnesota Homeownership Center promotes and advances successful homeownership in Minnesota with an emphasis on serving those facing the greatest barriers to homeownership: lower income households and communities of color. This work goes straight to the heart of reducing Minnesota’s racial homeownership gap; one of the highest such gaps in the Nation. Each summer,…
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Collaborative Awarded $4 Million from the JPMorgan Chase “Advancing Cities Challenge” to Close Racial Wealth Disparities in Minneapolis
A collaborative of five organizations – the Family Housing Fund, Hope Community, the Land Bank Twin Cities, the Minnesota Home Ownership Center, and the Greater Minnesota Housing Fund – was awarded a $4 million, three-year grant from the JPMorgan Chase Advancing Cities Challenge to pilot a comprehensive strategy to reduce racial disparities in homeownership and…
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Flexible COVID-relief Funds Help Families Ineligible for Other Assistance, Inform Public Assistance Programs
As the coronavirus pandemic took thousands of Minnesotans out of the workforce beginning in March, it became clear that new financial assistance was necessary to keep families afloat. While several new sources of public support became available, Family Housing Fund worked to identify and begin to fill assistance gaps. In early April, FHFund partnered with…
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New Report Identifies Communities Most At-risk of Losing Their Homes Due to COVID-related Job Loss
The Family Housing Fund and Wilder Research published an analysis of unemployment claims since March and pre-existing housing cost burden to identify neighborhoods hardest hit by pandemic-related unemployment. The report found that households with children were especially at-risk of housing instability, as 51% reported having at least one adult lose employment income since the pandemic…
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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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Minnesota Homeownership Center and Habitat for Humanity of Minnesota Partner to Help Homeowners Prevent Foreclosure
Organizations Set to Administer Up to $10 Million in Relief Through Minnesota’s Newly Established COVID-19 Housing Assistance Program ST. PAUL, MN – August 28, 2020 – The Minnesota Homeownership Center and Habitat for Humanity of Minnesota have entered into a partnership aimed at helping homeowners facing financial difficulties due to COVID-19 to keep their mortgages…
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HOME Line Equips Renters, Advocates, and Policy-Makers to Fight for Tenants’ Rights
HOME Line is a statewide non-profit advocacy and legal service provider for all Minnesota renters. We are unique in that we serve the entire state and provide legal advice through a tenant hotline to any and all renters who contact us regardless of income, issue, or location. Because of this, we have both a unique…