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Coalition Meetings Archive

Below you can find meeting notes and other materials from full Homes for All coalition meetings going back further than the last six months, all the way to December 2018. Meeting notes from the 2017 and 2018 legislative sessions are also below. If you have any questions, contact the Homes for All Co-Chairs or working group leads. 

2019 Meetings

Meeting Resources from July 2019 Meeting:

Meeting Resources from June 2019 Meeting:

  • Click here for live meeting notes
  • Click here for the H4A Legislative Outcomes (Policy walking us through it)
  • Click here for Summer Proposal Planning Process
  • Click here for Wilders Collaboration Factors Inventory

Discussion Questions:

1. What did H4A do effectively during the 2019 legislative session?

2. What could H4A improve for next legislative session?

3. How could you and your organization feel more involved with H4A?

Meeting Resources from April 2019 Meeting:

  • Click here for HF896 that proposes Manufactured home parks eligibility as housing improvement areas clarified, and housing infrastructure bonds use for manufactured home parks allowed and click here for companion bill SF469 that proposes Manufactured home parks as housing improvement areas eligibility clarification; housing infrastructure bonds usage for manufactured home parks authorization
  • Click here for Call or email action activity
  • Click here for Housing Crisis Learning Game
  • Click here for example cards of the Housing Crisis Learning Game
  • Click here for 2019-2020 H4A Legislative Agenda and Materials

Meeting Resources from March 2019 Meeting:

Meeting Resources from December 2018 Meeting:

  • Click here for a Google Doc for live meeting notes
  • Click here for the presentation from the Communications Team
  • Click here for the Updated One Pager of the 2019-2020 H4A Legislative Agenda
  • Click here for the survey to endorse the 2019-2020 H4A Legislative Agenda
  • Click here to take the Heading Home Together Leadership Circle survey
  • Click here to check out the Welcoming Document for H4A Endorsing Organizations
  • Click here to watch a video on Solace House in Southwest MN

Meeting Resources from November 2018 Meeting resources (voted on legislative agenda)

  • Click here for Google Slideshow introducing the H4A legislative agenda
  • Click here for the recommended H4A legislative agenda
  • Click here for the resolution on sustainable funding
  • Click here for a Google Doc that includes links to proposal materials and video recordings of proposals

Older Resources and Materials

Click here for archived meeting minutes and resources relating to the 2018 legislative session. 

Click here for archived meeting minutes and resources relating to the 2017 legislative session.

 

2020 Legislative Kick-Off Events

Join Homes for All to kick off the 2020 Minnesota State Legislative Session in a city near you! Kickoff events will take place in Moorhead, St. Peter, and the Twin Cities.

At each event, we’ll rally around the importance of housing and home for ALL Minnesotans. We’ll hear from folks who have experienced homelessness and housing insecurity. We’ll learn about the affordable housing crisis in Minnesota. And we’ll get fired up to ask our lawmakers to put housing front and center on their legislative agenda with our biggest ask yet: $500 million in bonds for affordable housing.

If you plan on attending any of the kickoff events, please register here. 

Saturday, February 1, 2020 | Kick-Off in Moorhead
10:00am to 12:00 pm
Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd
4000 28th St. S, Moorhead, MN 56560
Program: Welcome; stories from folks who have experienced homelessness; panel conversation with service providers.
Parking: Free parking is available in the church lot, which can be accessed by 40th Ave S or 28th St. S.
Register for Moorhead Kick-Off
See the Facebook event page

St. Peter Kick-Off event

Tuesday, February 4, 2020 | Kick-Off in St. Peter
6:00pm to 7:30pm
St. Peter Area Food Shelf
201 S 3rd St, St Peter, MN 56082
Program: Begins at 6:00pm with interactive conversations.
Parking: There is a parking lot behind the building, as well as street parking nearby.
Register for St. Peter Kick-Off 
See the Facebook event page 

Twin Cities Kick-Off Event

Tuesday, February 18, 2020 | Twin Cities Kick-Off Event
4:00pm to 6:00pm
Catholic Charities Saint Paul Opportunity Center and Dorothy Day Residence
422 Dorothy Day Pl, St. Paul, MN 55102
Program: 4:00-5:00pm, Social Hour & Networking; 5:00-5:45pm, Lawmaker Awards, Advocate Stories, and the Presentation of 2020 Legislative Agenda & Events
Parking: Pay parking will be available in the Smith Avenue Ramp, Municipal Ramp 7A, or on the street. The location is easily accessible via public transportation.
Tours: From 3:30-4:00pm, Catholic Charities staff will lead brief tours of the services offered at the new Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation Saint Paul Opportunity Center. RSVP Separately for a tour at the registration link.
Register for Twin Cities Kick-Off
See the Facebook event page

Resources

Letters to Lawmakers

Homes for All has submitted letters urging lawmakers to pass $100 million in emergency funding to the Family Homeless Prevention and Assistance Program (FHPAP) to support Minnesotans struggling with housing costs as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. Read Homes for All’s letters to the following committees at the links below:

Please contact Policy Co-Chairs Kari Johnson and Libby Murphy with any questions. 

Informational Resources:

Click Here for the H4A 2021 Legislative Agenda

Click Here for the 2020-2021 H4A Legislative Agenda Recommendations

Click Here for the 2019-2020 H4A Legislative Agenda One Pager

Click Here for the H4A Department of Human Services Appropriations Requests One Pager

Click Here for the H4A Minnesota Housing Finance Agency Appropriations and Policy Requests One Pager

Click Here for the H4A Bonding One Pager

Click Here for the H4A Taxes One Pager

 

Actions you can do on your own or with your community:

Use this template (click here) to write a letter to your Senator and Representative.  The goal of the letter is to welcome Legislator’s to the 2019 Legislative Session and highlight Homes for All.  There is space for you to adjust the letter to reflect how housing  instability and/or homelessness looks in your community.

Submit a recipe (click here)! For so many of us, a home cooked meal is a way to extend the feeling of home to our loved ones. We bring food to our neighbors when they are sick or to celebrate a milestone, we gather friends and family around a meal to share the warmth of our home and we donate what we can to those who are unsure when or where they will have their next meal. This legislative session, we want to celebrate this tradition by collecting your favorite recipes that remind you of home. We will compile submissions to spread the feeling of home across Minnesota.

Coalition Meetings

H4A Full Coalition Meetings

The Full Coalition meetings are the second Monday of every month at 10:00 a.m. The Legislative Team are weekly on Mondays at 10:00 a.m. Both of these meetings use the same online meeting links:

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H4A Community Engagement Team

Contact a Community Engagement Team Co-Chair for meeting details. 

H4A Communications Team

Contact a Communications Team Co-Chair for meeting details. 

H4A Policy Team

Contact a Policy Team Co-Chair for meeting details. 

Meeting Resources from November 2019 Meeting:

Meeting Resources from September 2019 Meeting:

  • Click here for live meeting notes 
  • Updated Policy Adoption Process: Click here for key information
  • Click here to take the Wilder Survey to assist in our Strategic Planning.  One per organization
  • MN Housing public comment period:  is open and your feedback is critical for developing effective plans. Submit your comments to mn.housing@state.mn.us by 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 19.

Meeting Resources from August 2019 Meeting:

  • Click here for live meeting notes 
  • Click here for the proposal for participation by persons with lived experience now and in the future
  • Click here for Heading Home Together Leadership Circle recommendations

Visit our meetings archive for older meeting resources and other materials.