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...
Safe, decent and affordable housing provides the platform for families and individuals to succeed. Children can grow up without trauma and focus on school, parents can pursue employment and education opportunities, persons with disabilities and seniors can live with...
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...
For some time we at HPP have realized that the name Housing Preservation Project does not fully capture the range of work we do nor does it suggest the fact that we are a legal advocacy organization. This spring the HPP Board of Directors decided to rectify that by...
In 2007, HPP launched its Foreclosure Relief Law Project, with a mission of expanding homeowner rights through high impact litigation and assisting local governments and community groups in addressing the impacts of the foreclosure crisis. Now, as HPP’s...
