Preserving Affordable Housing

Greater Minnesota Housing Fund is delighted to present Rebuilding Better Neighborhoods: Strategies for Reimagining Affordable Housing in Greater Minnesota. The book showcases outstanding developments across Minnesota by some of the most innovators developers of affordable housing in the state. Download the Book (PDF) Each of the 19 case studies recounts how a Minnesota community came… Read more

In divided government, parties can find common ground on housing, health care Campaign proposals from Minnesota’s gubernatorial candidates could pave the way to bipartisan cooperation. By Mary Brainerd and Warren Hanson | November 21, 2018 | StarTribune Minnesota heads into the 2019 legislative session with a divided government. Democrats control the governor’s office and the… Read more

Minnesota Housing Commissioner Mary Tingerthal joined community leaders today to announce funding to create and preserve more than 1,700 affordable homes throughout the state, including rental units and single family houses. The announcement outlined funding for 55 developments that support more than 3,600 jobs and will leverage additional private and local resources for more than… Read more

Twin Cities reporter Beth Mattson-Teig reports in National Real Estate Investor on social impact investment funds set up to address the loss of affordable (and unsubsidized) rental housing. The flurry of value-add apartment investing in recent years has sparked a countermove by public and private entities that are pooling their capital and stepping in to slow… Read more