by Meg Daly | May 12, 2021 | News
Housing Justice Center is proud to announce the appointment of Walter Battle as the Chair of the Board of Directors, replacing Rick Kahn, who has served in the role since 2008. Walter Battle is now the third Board Chair since the organization was founded as the...
by Meg Daly | Apr 15, 2021 | Advocacy, Featured protection
Read the PDF of this memo here. Mayor Carter has no power or authority regarding land use appeals, and his veto of the St. Paul City Council’s denial of the Alatus appeal is ultra vires and has no effect on the Council’s denial of the appeal. On February 5, 2021, the...
by Meg Daly | Apr 7, 2021 | Advocacy, Featured protection
Photo taken by Tad Vezner for the Pioneer Press. The conversation around the two vacant lots at the intersection of Lexington Parkway and University Avenue is two years in the making, encapsulating the tension between community needs and developer priorities. Setting...
by Meg Daly | Mar 29, 2021 | Featured protection, Protection
In April 2020, Housing Justice Center represented a group of New Brighton tenants, along with HOME Line, in filing a class-action lawsuit against QT Property Management (QT), its owner Jason Quilling and the City of New Brighton. QT acquired Pike Lake Apartments, a...
by Meg Daly | Mar 24, 2021 | Policy, Protection, Report
When an apartment becomes available in the Twin Cities, who gets to move in? And perhaps more importantly, who doesn’t? To answer those questions, we partnered with Family Housing Fund to publish a new report examining the methods and systems used by landlords to...
