Rochester’s Destination Medical Zone (DMZ) has been hailed as a groundbreaking public-private partnership to redevelop downtown Rochester and solidify the Mayo Clinic’s position as a world leader in healthcare. Extensive development is now picking up its pace,...
In 2016 HJC concluded that the threat to the Twin Cities’ supply of unsubsidized affordable rental housing, or NOAH as it is now known, needed greater attention. Although housing policymakers were largely focused on protecting and expanding the supply of...
In 2014, HJC co-authored a report titled “The Space Between,” emphasizing the need for policymakers to pay more attention to the part of the affordable housing sector most low income households rely upon—unsubsidized but still affordable rental housing, or...
HJC’s work with Crossroads tenants has been featured in the TPT documentary Sold Out: Affordable Housing At Risk. Affordable housing is under constant threat from changing economic forces and urban development that break up vital communities. Low-income...
The region’s supply of naturally occurring affordable rental housing (unsubsidized) is at risk. National investment companies have turned to the Twin Cities market seeking investment opportunities and are increasingly buying up Class C apartment properties. In many of...
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...
