Archived News

Fund aims to keep apartments affordable in tight market, Matt Sepic, MPR News, June 29, 2016

Legal Learning: Legislature drops the ball on housing, James H. Manahan, Lake County News-Chronicle, June 10, 2016

No bonding bill spells trouble for rural housing, Per Peterson, Marshall Independent, June 4, 2016

Commentary: Bonding Bill needed now for affordable housing in Minnesota, Skip Duchesneau, Alexandria Echo Press, June 3, 2016

LTE: Having affordable housing critical, Rick Goodeman, Albert Lea Tribune, June 2, 2016

Minnesota renters feel apartment squeeze, Janice Bitters, Finance and Commerce, June 2, 2016

LTE: “We see the need every day”, Deidre Schmidt, Pioneer Press, May 29, 2016

Housing is also part of Minnesota’s essential infrastructure, Emily Larson, Daniel Bender, Michael Wojcik, and Warren Hanson, Grand Rapids Herald Review, May 28, 2016

Lawmaker calls mixed-bag Minnesota session ‘messy and chaotic’, Don Davis, Inforum, May 24, 2016

No Minnesota bonding bill, big projects stalled, no 40,000 new jobs, Bill Salisbury, Pioneer Press, May 23, 2016

Lawmakers scrambling to resurrect bonding bill after defeat in House, Timothy Blotz, Fox 9, May 19, 2016

GOP’s $800 million public-works bill fails to pass at Minnesota Capitol, Ricardo Lopez and Maya Rao, Star Tribune, May 19, 2016

House sidelines housing, roiling advocates, Karlee Weinmann, May 19, 2016

DFLers unimpressed with House bonding bill, Brian Johnson, Politics in Minnesota Capitol Report, May 18, 2016

Minnesota facing affordable housing crunch, WDAY, April 24, 2016

Kandiyohi County needs more workforce housing, Shelby Lindrud, West Central Tribune, April 24, 2016

Affordable housing advocates prepare for the future, Per Peterson, Marshall Daily Independent, April 21, 2016

Dayton’s bid for $90 million in affordable housing catches attention of developers, Star Tribune, April 15, 2016

Providing Homes For All, United Way guest blog from MHP Connect, March 21, 2016

Wilder study: Homelessness is down from 2012, Sarah McKenzie, Southwest Journal, March 17, 2016

Bill to invest $130M into affordable housing, Kare 11, March 15, 2016

Rising need spotlights gaps in senior housing market, Karlee Weinmann, Finance & Commerce, March 9, 2016

Report: Need for affordable senior housing in state, Rice County to increase in coming years, Faribault Daily News, February 24, 2016

MN’s Housing Needs Outstrip Public Funding, Politics in Minnesota, February 5, 2016 (reprint of Finance & Commerce article)

MN’s housing needs outstrip public funding, Karlee Weinmann, Finance & Commerce, February 5, 2016

State officials announce major plan to combat homelessness, CBS News, January 28, 2016

Minnesota on track to house all homeless veterans, MPR, January 28, 2016

Minnesota is getting closer to ending homelessness, Star Tribune, January 27, 2016

Bonding will be one of the most important debates at the Minnesota legislature this year, MinnPost, January 1, 2016

We need sensible funding for housing, Randal Hemmerlin, Red Wing Republican Eagle, May 6, 2015

Invest in housing supports to maximize investments in education, Ryan Strack, TC Daily Planet, May 4, 2015

Housing for workers needs state support, Joe Wheeler, Wabasha Herald, April 28, 2015

Less costly housing needed, Joe Wheeler, Lake City Graphic, April 28, 2015

Local View: Fight against homelessness calls for broad support, Cara Lundquist, Duluth News Tribune, April 20, 2015

Local View: Workforce housing needs state support, Rick Ball, Duluth News Tribune, April 8, 2015

Supportive housing (Letters to the Editor), Dawn Horgan, White Bear Press, April 7, 2015

 

Housing is a wise investment in light of Minnesota’ budget surplus, Reed Olson & Tim Flathers, Bemidji Pioneer, April 4, 2015