2023 – 2027 Strategic Plan

As the leader in providing deeply affordable housing to Minneapolis Residents, MPHA is vital city infrastructure. This infrastructure provides stability so households can focus less on meeting basic needs and more on what they need to thrive. MPHA envisions a more equitable and inclusive Minneapolis in which everyone has a home, as the physical environment is central to all other social determinants of health. Improving access to high-quality, affordable housing is associated with improvements in life expectancy and reductions in chronic disease and hospitalizations.

MPHA is committed to doing its part to bring this vision to reality and understands it will take the commitment of an entire ecosystem to foster this type of sustainable change. This systemic division of cities leaves MPHA communities more vulnerable to climate, economic, and social issues. Implementing procedures that reduce the effects of the environment on residents through the adoption of green energy efficiencies’ is key to residents’ health. In addition, MPHA aims to reduce the gap in home -ownership rates by promoting opportunities for residents who are ready to build wealth through home-ownership by referring them to reputable programs.

MPHA will move this work forward by upholding the
following values:

  • Collaboration and Community
    Involvement
  • Leverage Partnerships and
    External Resources
  • Bridging Equity Gaps and
    Creating Inclusive Environments
  • Development that Centers on
    Opportunities that Support Perpetual
    and Sustained Affordability
  • Honest, Empathetic, and Frequent
    Communication
  • Innovative and Creative Problem
    Solving
  • The Strategic Planning process gave MPHA insights into Four Main Priorities:

    People are at the core of how MPHA approaches its work. People are the agency’s greatest asset to providing safe, affordable housing to Minneapolis’ most vulnerable residents. 

    Preservation of our housing stock is essential as rents rise, so do the number of households cost burdened by rent. 

    Production of new housing is essential to keeping up with the number of households that need financial support to make their monthly rent payments 

    Partnerships are key to maximizing MPHA’s impact and improving the quality of life of MPHA residents and voucher holders.

    The Next Five Years

    The Plan aims to elevate the importance of public and deeply affordable housing and the contribution of MPHA and its residents in creating and sustaining vibrant and healthy communities. The following six goals have been identified for the agency to maintain this work in 2023-2027:

      1. Provide and preserve deeply affordable, high-quality housing for Highrise residents.

      2. Build new and expand partnerships with federal, state, and local governments, in addition to philanthropic entities to support MPHA residents and those who are on our waitlist.

      3. Provide and preserve deeply affordable, high-quality family housing.
      4. Increase supply of deeply affordable housing by at least 150 units per year
      5. Position MPHA as an employer of choice.

      6. Continuously improve organizational performance to retain MTW status and highest HUD performance rating.