Strengthen Ownership
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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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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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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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Expanded Right to Purchase in Mobile Home Parks
Story of Impact from Minnesota’s Housing Scorecard, Feb. 2020: Housing Goal Five – Support and Strengthen Homeownership In the 2019 session, the Minnesota Legislature expanded the right of first refusal for manufactured home parks, giving residents a 60-day notice and the right to match the terms of another offer of sale. The Legislature also increased…
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Richfield Tackles Disparities through Downpayment Assistance
Story of Impact from Minnesota’s Housing Scorecard, Feb. 2020: Housing Goal Five – Support and Strengthen Homeownership The City of Richfield took a hard look at their data and realized they had some of the worst racial disparities in Minnesota when it came to homeownership. In response, they shifted resources from intensive home rehabs to…