Increase Stability

Story of Impact from Minnesota’s Housing Scorecard, Feb. 2020: Housing Goal Four – Increase Home Stability The City of Lakes Community Land Trust has developed an innovative “Sustained Legacy” program that provides funding for families experiencing life transitions. The program offers funds to finance home repairs or other emergency expenses in exchange for moving a…

Story of Impact from Minnesota’s Housing Scorecard, Feb. 2020: Housing Goal Four – Link Homes and Services Evictions can have years-long consequences for tenants and significant costs for landlords. In Ramsey County, the Family Housing Fund and other partners are piloting on-site legal, mediation, and financial services in the housing court clinic. Since its launch,…

Story of Impact from Minnesota’s Housing Scorecard, FEb. 2020: Housing Goal Four – Increase Home Stability The cities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis each created new, locally funded rental assistance programs in partnership with St. Paul and Minneapolis Public Schools, to help families with school-aged children experiencing housing instability. The City of Minneapolis aims to…

Story of Impact from Minnesota’s Housing Scorecard, Feb. 2020: Housing Goal Four – Increase Home Stability Tenant rights were clarified and strengthened in June of 2019 when the Minnesota Supreme Court recognized, in Central Housing Associates v. Olson, that tenants have antiretaliation rights when landlords seek to evict them after tenants have filed a complaint…

Story of Impact from Minnesota’s Housing Scorecard, Feb. 2020: Housing Goal Four – Increase Home Stability Homework Starts with Home, a state-wide initiative  that grew out of efforts in rural Northwest Minnesota, brought together multiple state agencies and philanthropies to provide stable housing for at least 200 families and  400 school-age children. Using this program,…