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Resources and Guidance for MPHA Households Affected by the Coronavirus
☎️ UPDATE 5/29: Volunteers of America-Minnesota has established a hotline for public housing residents in need of urgent weekend assistance with food or other social services because of social disturbance (loss of local shopping, etc.) [...]
Coronavirus / COVID-19: MPHA Actions and Updates
MPHA is updating this post as the situation develops. As the COVID-19 risk evolves in Minnesota, MPHA is implementing appropriate and well-informed protections for MPHA staff and the families we serve. In our actions, we [...]
Minneapolis and Met Council to form nation’s first Regional Moving to Work Agency
Housing authorities will combine resources and regulatory flexibility to increase housing choice for low-income renters across the metro. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has approved a first-in-the-nation partnership between Minnesota’s largest [...]
ATTENTION students! Apply to be a Step Up Intern for Summer 2020 with MPHA
Attention Students! Apply to be a Step Up Intern for Summer 2020 with MPHA The Step Up application period for 2020 is now OPEN! Internship applications are due February 10. Apply at www.stepupmpls.org MPHA loves [...]
A Letter of Thanks to the Community
Three weeks have passed since a tragic, unprecedented fire at one of the housing authority’s buildings. In that time, MPHA staff and residents have joined the families and community in grieving the friends we lost [...]
MPHA Statement on Today’s Fire at 630 Cedar Avenue
This has been a shocking and sad day for MPHA, with a high-rise fire that has taken five lives. MPHA is thankful to all of the community members who offered support, food, counseling, and other [...]
HUD awards MPHA $1.6 million in new vouchers for disabled familes
MPHA joined neighboring housing authorities, HUD Midwest Regional Administrator Joe Galvan, and Minnesota Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan to announce $5.4 million in new housing vouchers for disabled households in Minnesota. Thirty percent of the award [...]
The power of project-based vouchers!
This month, MPHA officials joined city, state, and nonprofit partners at the grand opening of The Louis, 70 units of affordable family housing built by Aeon in Prospect Park. With MPHA’s $3 million, 20-year commitment [...]
More than 14,000 households apply for MPHA Section 8 HCV waiting list
Three largest housing agencies exceed 45,000 total applications When the state’s three largest housing authorities opened their waiting lists for applications earlier this month, they knew the demand would be high. For the Metropolitan Council's [...]