In a potential landmark case watched by many locally and around the country, the federal district court on July 5, 2016 denied defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint in CROSSRDS v. MSP Crossroads Apartments, LLC. In September 2015, the defendants purchased...
The Lowry Grove Manufactured Home Park in St. Anthony Village, Minnesota, is something of a rarity. This 95 home community of mostly lower income residents, many of them Latino, is an example of very affordable housing without any public subsidy. It also happens to be...
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...
At 700 units, the Crossroads Apartments in Richfield was the largest source of unsubsidized but deeply affordable rental housing in the Twin Cities. Crossroads has been home to many low income households of color, persons with disabilities, and tenants dependent on...
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...
In 2013, HPP co-authored a report entitled “The Space Between.” This report examined the supply of unsubsidized but still affordable rental housing in Minnesota, arguing that policymakers should focus more attention on this critical supply of rental...
