Community Development

Meet this family whose lives have been changed for the better thanks to our development and investment partners. Not long ago, Tammy Jacka and her three sons were living in a drafty manufactured home in Thief River Falls. By spring 2014, Tammy realized she was paying almost 300% of what most people pay to heat their… More

“Can’t you just hear children’s laughter up here?” “Can you imagine people playing games and being social here?” Those who accompanied Audrey Moen on a grand opening tour of Beacon Hill this Wednesday were treated to encouraging portraits of the dream for the new supportive housing development in Grand Rapids. Moen is Housing Manager with… More

The Rochester Area First Homes Program is the state’s largest employer-assisted housing effort. With extremely low vacancy rates and rapidly rising home prices, the Rochester area housing market had become unaffordable to many local workers. First Homes, developed as a joint effort of the Greater Minnesota Housing Fund and the Rochester Area Foundation, sought to… More

Job growth in small communities boosts the local economy, but inevitably puts new strain on the local housing market. Inadequate housing supply keeps Greater Minnesota businesses from growing to their full potential. A severe lack of housing often exists in areas where financing is unavailable. Greater Minnesota Housing Fund has researched these problems and created some… More