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Ordinance 22-37 through a renter justice lens

Ordinance 22-37 through a renter justice lens

Download HJC’s Ordinance 22-37 policy breakdown. In November of 2021, St. Paulites across race, income, and ward voted YES for a strong rent stabilization policy to Keep St. Paul Home for all. Now, Council President Amy Brendmoen and Councilmember Chris Tolbert...
MHP, ACER, and HJC co-convene Minnesota ERASE campaign

MHP, ACER, and HJC co-convene Minnesota ERASE campaign

Photo credit to CNN Business. The Minnesota ERASE Campaign (End Rental Arrears and Stop Evictions) is an effort to ensure that the historic aid enacted by Congress reaches the lowest-income and most marginalized renters it is intended to help. We are working to...
Eight common questions regarding St. Paul’s rent stabilization ordinance

Downside risk of immediate repeal of S.A.F.E. Housing Ordinance

Housing Justice Center provides this memo to summarize the significant downside risk of immediately repealing St. Paul’s S.A.F.E. Housing ordinance as a response to Judge Magnuson’s adverse preliminary injunction order in the Lamplighter case. View the complete memo...

Opening the Door: Tenant Screening and Selection

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...