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 of project-based vouchers (PBVs), 10 apartments at The Louis will serve families below 30 percent of area median income. PBVs [...]
Each fall, Minnesota Housing (the state housing finance agency) awards millions of dollars to create and preserve affordable housing. This year’s $87.5 million investment—a total of 1,700 units—includes several projects that utilize Minneapolis Public Housing Authority project-based vouchers (PBVs). PBVs are part of our Housing Choice Voucher program in which rental assistance is provided to specific affordable housing units (rather than directly to the tenant, [...]
On September 26, MPHA joined Mayor Jacob Frey, Council Member Cameron Gordon, Minnesota Housing, Metropolitan Council, Hennepin County Government, U.S. Bank, Prospect Park Association and supporters for the groundbreaking of Aeon's newest development, The Louis. Aeon, a nonprofit affordable housing developer, is building 70 new tax-credit, affordable homes in the Prospect Park neighborhood. MPHA has [...]
Although the first residents arrived in February, this month officials from MPHA joined core partners Youthlink and PPL, along with more than a hundred other supporters, for the grand opening of the Downtown View Apartments. These 46 units on the edge of downtown Minneapolis are dedicated to homeless youth between 18 and 24. The crowd [...]
MPHA was excited to join lead partners Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative and Better Futures Minnesota to turn some dirt and kick off construction of Great River Landing. From the Beacon web site: Great River Landing [supports] stability for people committed to positive change and recovering from the traumas of unemployment, homelessness and incarceration... [It] will [...]
