Monthly Archives: August 2023

Clarence Castile started Dwayne’s Lawn and Snow Service over a decade ago. After making the business his full-time job, Clarence learned about the U.S. Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Section 3 vendor designation. Through this program, Clarence was able to receive a priority status and won his first MPHA contract in 2017. Six years later, [...]

Today, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, Minneapolis City Council President Andrea Jenkins, MPHA Executive Director and CEO Abdi Warsame, and MPHA resident leaders announced a new, long-term funding agreement between MPHA and the City of Minneapolis ahead of Mayor Frey’s annual budget announcement next week. This new agreement proposes to send MPHA $5 million annually to [...]

Project-Based Vouchers (PBV) are among the most effective tools MPHA has to help build new and sustain deeply affordable housing across Minneapolis. In alignment with Minnesota Housing’s annual consolidated RFP deadline, MPHA recently awarded 126 PBVs to seven different housing developments across Minneapolis. Across the seven projects, a total of 454 new homes at various [...]