Creating Affordable Housing

Prosperity’s Front Door seeks to educate Minnesotans about opportunities to create and preserve the homes Minnesota communities need to thrive. Prosperity’s Front Door is a network of business, government, and nonprofit leaders from across Minnesota. The network sees affordable and workforce housing as the front door to greater and shared economic prosperity—for Minnesota’s families, businesses, and… More

GMHF set out to create a short piece that describes its work and its impact. This small brochure is the result. Learn about GMHF’s strategic priorities and how GMHF works as a community development lending partner across Minnesota. Hear from individuals who now reside in GMHF-financed apartments. See the connection between stable, affordable housing and… More

The McKnight Foundation is one of many foundations that have decided to use their endowments to further their mission. McKnight makes low-cost loans to entities like Greater Minnesota Housing Fund to contribute to a thriving, sustainable region and state. As a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), GMHF is able to invest the capital to create… More

Affordable Housing Finance covered the opening of Brustad Homes (Veterans East) in Minneapolis. A new affordable housing development for veterans struggling with homelessness has opened this fall in the Twin Cities. Adjacent to the VA Medical Center near Fort Snelling, the 100-unit Richard A. Brustad Homes makes another dent in reducing veteran homelessness in the… More