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Minneapolis nonprofit seeks host homes for transgender youth traveling to Minnesota
As other states pass bans on gender-affirming care, a Minneapolis nonprofit says it's fielding more calls from transgender youth who are coming to Minnesota for care and need a place to stay. It’s asking Minnesotans to help by hosting them.
Minnesota lawmakers approve $1 billion for housing
A bill headed to Gov. Tim Walz for his signature creates a new rental voucher system, helps first-time homebuyers and builds housing for workers. It includes a quarter percent increase in the sales tax in the metro area.
Supreme Court seems to tilt strongly toward Minneapolis woman in property rights case
The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard its last scheduled argument of the term — a case brought by a 94-year-old grandmother in Minneapolis whose condo was seized for failure to pay property taxes.
When a county seizes a home over taxes, who should get to keep the equity?
The U.S. Supreme Court this week hears a property rights case involving a Minnesota woman who had her condominium seized and sold by Hennepin County after she failed to pay her property taxes.
Thief River Falls, Digi-Key bet housing and day care can lure workers to NW Minn.
The town and its largest employer have joined forces to attract developers and child care providers, hoping to entice potential workers and ease the stifling labor shortage.
College students uncover history of racist housing deeds in Stearns County
The students from the College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University found dozens of discriminatory covenants in St. Cloud, St. Joseph, Cold Spring and Sauk Centre — proving that attempts to prevent people of color from owning property extended well beyond the Twin Cities.