Working with HOME Line, HJC discovered that a prominent Twin Cities developer is charging tenants too much rent in an affordable tax credit building. Under the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program (LIHTC), developers build affordable apartment buildings with the aid...
Across the country, many privately owned HUD-financed affordable apartment complexes include partial or 100% project-based Section 8 contracts which provide rent subsidies for the lowest income tenants. When those Section 8 contracts come up for renewal,...
There are few things more heartbreaking than when a family waits for years to get a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) but then has to give it up when they can’t find a landlord willing to accept a voucher. This is also a shame because Section 8...
Several years ago a fire destroyed a 50 unit public housing building in Redwood Falls, Minnesota. The Redwood Falls HRA applied to HUD for funds to rebuild the project but was denied. As a result, the building remained untouched and the former residents...
Like many other regions around the country, the Twin Cities has seen a debate for years on where best to place new affordable housing resources, in low income communities where the greatest numbers of needy households reside, or in higher income suburban areas, often...
Throughout Rural America, low income tenants depend on Rural Development (RD) Section 515 apartment buildings, often as the only affordable apartment buildings in many small towns. Minnesota was aggressive in the early years of the program in building Section 515...
