Editorial: Another Way to Keep Housing Affordable
The Pioneer Press Editorial Board discussed how the NOAH Impact Fund will preserve the affordability of 1,000 unsubsidized rental units in the Twin Cities over the next three years.

The Pioneer Press Editorial Board discussed how the NOAH Impact Fund will preserve the affordability of 1,000 unsubsidized rental units in the Twin Cities over the next three years.

For the last decade, the property has provided stable living arrangements and supportive services for 70 people who would otherwise be homeless.

Produced by Twin Cities PBS, Sold Out reveals the price we all pay when families are pushed out when modestly priced units are replaced with upscale developments.

United Community Action Partnership and partners, including GMHF, broke ground for the first of five new affordable single-family homes in Marshall.

The NOAH Impact Fund is a new investment fund designed to acquire 1,000 units of rental housing and maintain affordable rents for 15 years.

As the syndicator, Minnesota Equity Fund placed $3.3 million in 4 percent low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) equity into a multi-investor fund operated by Cinnaire.

Higher Ground now provides shelter to more than 450 people, and includes 232 semi-private bunks and 165 single room occupancy units of permanent housing for formerly homeless individuals.

The total cost includes $15.5 million in low income housing tax credits issued by the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency through a partnership with the Minnesota Equity Fund and with Cinnaire.

The plan for this project came out of the 18-month Housing Institute co-hosted by the Greater Minnesota Housing Fund and the Minnesota Housing Partnership.

The Star Tribune calls NOAH Impact Fund a "sensible addition to local affordable housing efforts...it can help preserve and expand decent, lower-cost places to live for thousands of people...."
