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Minnesota Housing News

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Volunteers to survey people experiencing homelessness for the first time since 2018

MPR News host Cathy Wurzer passed the mic to Michelle Decker Gerrard and David Schultz for a deep dive on the Minnesota Homeless Study.
by Cathy Wurzer, Alanna Elder and Ellen Finn

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Duluth office-to-apartment conversion sparks downtown revitalization hope

Duluth office-to-apartment conversion sparks downtown revitalization hope

A Duluth developer announced plans this week to convert a 50-year old downtown office building into apartments. It’s the first of what the city hopes will be several office-to-housing conversions in the next several years as Duluth works to revitalize its downtown post-pandemic.
by Dan Kraker

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Minneapolis considers building second tiny-home village for homeless people

Minneapolis considers building second tiny-home village for homeless people

On Monday, the 12 council members present at a budget meeting voted to take $1 million from the city’s contingency funds that could lead to additional state money for another such village near the recently cleared encampment.
by Nina Moini

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'Can’t trust them’: U students displaced by building delays testify to lawmakers

'Can’t trust them’: U students displaced by building delays testify to lawmakers

More than 100 University of Minnesota students have signed leases and many have paid first months rent to move into the apartment by Aug. 27, but the building has delayed opening for a month.
by Nicole Ki

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First Rondo descendent buys home using St. Paul's Inheritance Fund

First Rondo descendent buys home using St. Paul's Inheritance Fund

A young St. Paul man is the first person to buy a home using the city’s Inheritance Fund. The goal of the new program is to rebuild intergenerational wealth for the descendants of people in the historically Black Rondo neighborhood who lost their homes and businesses to Interstate 94 in the 1950s.
by Matt Sepic

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Rochester eviction rates show no sign of slowing

Rochester eviction rates show no sign of slowing

Evictions in Olmsted County are moving faster than housing advocates expected this year. That's putting a strain on emergency services available to people facing eviction. The city is a microcosm of a trend playing out statewide.
by Catharine Richert

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Stearns County board rejects proposal to help property owners get rid of racial covenants

Stearns County board rejects proposal to help property owners get rid of racial covenants

The proposal stemmed from research conducted last spring by students at the College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University, who uncovered dozens of discriminatory covenants in Stearns County. The measure failed after some board members seemed confused about what it would do, and questioned whether it’s needed.
by Kirsti Marohn

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