Community leaders met with representatives from state housing agencies Thursday to begin tackling the lack of affordable and workforce housing in the city.
The city has virtually no subsidized housing vacancies, less than 1 percent vacancy for market-rate rental properties and no new market-rate rental construction in over 20 years, he said.
The discussion was a chance for businesses and organizations to voice concerns to the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, Greater Minnesota Housing Fund and U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development in Minnesota — three of the main sources for housing assistance in the state.
