Monthly Archives: September 2023

Today, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Great Lakes Regional Administrator, Diane Shelley, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, and Hennepin County Board Chair Irene Fernando joined MPHA staff, residents, and partners to celebrate the grand opening of the first of 84 new deeply affordable family homes across Minneapolis. “Today is a historic day [...]

Yesterday, the Minneapolis Board of Estimate (BET) voted to approve a $5 million MPHA housing tax levy for Fiscal Year 2024, in line with the long-term funding agreement announced last month. Last week, MPHA staff presented to the BET a five-year capital plan detailing the agency’s intended uses for a $5 million annual housing levy [...]

Earlier this summer, MPHA staff joined City of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS), and the YMCA of the North in announcing the Stable Homes Stable Schools (SHSS) program expansion. The SHSS program addresses homelessness among Minneapolis Public Schools students’ families through different levels of support: emergency short-term assistance, multi-year rental assistance, and case [...]