Task Force Addresses Affordable Housing Shortage
Gov. Mark Dayton appointed the task force last year.
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Gov. Mark Dayton appointed the task force last year.
Frey says he hopes his plan will "lay a strong foundation for a stronger city."
Mayor Jacob Frey, who ran on a platform of affordable housing, is defending the proposal and asking for public input.
Seattle's largest businesses such as Amazon and Starbucks will have to pay a new tax to help fund homeless services and affordable housing under a measure approved by city leaders.
The new mayor of Minneapolis has been on the job for just more than two months, during which he worked as the face of the city throughout the Super Bowl, the biggest event our area has seen in recent history.
Officials say the funding will help create and preserve 1,800 housing opportunities across Minnesota.
Studies show that this has been a serious problem in cities that are seeing an influx of young, white, upper-class professionals, like San Francisco, New York and Washington D.C. But are poor Twin Cities neighborhoods being gentrified too?
The plan was announced along with new numbers showing a 10 percent decline in homelessness last year. There was an even larger decrease in the number of families with children without housing.
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development was in town today to talk about the future of affordable housing in Minneapolis.
A new report says minimum wage workers do not make enough money to find affordable rent in Minnesota. According to the "Out of Reach 2015" report, Minnesota is the second least-affordable state in the Midwest.
Military veterans and their families struggling with homelessness will have access to some affordable housing at Fort Snelling. A new development project, which started Thursday with a groundbreaking ceremony, will turn five historic buildings into apartments on the Fort Snelling upper post.
Representatives from some of the state's largest school districts say there are more homeless children now than ever before. Superintendents from St. Paul and Minneapolis schools joined lawmakers on Wednesday to push for $100 million for more affordable housing.
Although there is a reported boom in Twin Cities apartment construction, some officials say the metro is in crisis mode when it comes to affordable housing and has been for some time.
A historical bus tour is rolling through the Twin Cities Saturday.
People Serving People's headquarters are in the shadows of the Metrodome, The ten-story, 110,000-square-foot building houses some of the most vulnerable citizens in our community.
A downtown Minneapolis church is growing and the expansion will include affordable housing.
Religious leaders in St. Paul are concerned construction on the Central Corridor Light Rail will make living near the line unaffordable for low income families.
