Today, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, Minnesota Housing Commissioner Jennifer Ho, and Minneapolis City Councilmember Robin Wonsley joined MPHA staff and residents to celebrate the agency securing the final funding necessary to install fire suppression systems in all 42 agency high-rises. This includes a $2.4 million contribution from Minnesota Housing in 2021, a $2 million direct federal [...]
Today, Senator Tina Smith and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey joined MPHA staff, residents, and partners to celebrate the groundbreaking of 84 new deeply affordable family homes across Minneapolis. The Family Housing Expansion Project (FHEP) will bring 26 two- and 58 three-bedroom units in fourplexes and sixplexes to 16 sites across Minneapolis. These new buildings will [...]
Late last month, the Pohlad Family Foundation granted MPHA $250,000 to help fill a year-end funding gap for the agency’s Stable Homes Stable Schools (SHSS) program. With large back rent balances stemming from pandemic-related eviction moratoriums, rising rents, and an inadequate supply of deeply affordable housing in Minneapolis, the demand for the program has far [...]
