This post will be updated as new information becomes available and was last updated Wednesday, July 28, 2021. Apply for COVID-19 emergency rental assistance via RentHelpMN.org or by calling 2-1-1 today. Over the past 16 months, we saw the statewide eviction moratorium...
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...
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...
This past December, Minnesota’s statewide eviction moratorium became the target of a preliminary injunction motion. Two Twin Cities property owners, Heights Apartments and Walnut Trails, filed their suit in September, seeking to invalidate Governor Walz’ Executive...
The new COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance program is set to open in the coming weeks. You can sign up for email updates from Minnesota Housing here. Last July, Governor Walz announced plans to allocate $100 million from the state’s COVID-19 Relief Fund to create...
How landlords decide who gets to move into their buildings is a subject that has received surprisingly little scrutiny. Until recently. Two years ago, HJC and partner organizations launched an extensive research project after learning how much the standards for making...