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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey wants to fund $50 million in ambitious affordable housing projects

Mayor Jacob Frey announced Monday that he wants to put $50 million in his 2019 budget toward making housing more affordable in Minneapolis — more than four times what the city appropriated last year. ... read more

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey Introduces $50M Affordable Housing Plan

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey rolled out an official affordable housing plan Monday that calls for a $50 million investment—more than four times what was budgeted last year. “Our affordable housing ... read more

How Minneapolis policy could boost affordable housing

A new proposal rolled out by Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey ... more affordable homes on the market. An affordable housing task force that wrote the policy is recommending Minneapolis budget $50 million ... read more

How Frey plans to fix Minneapolis' affordable housing crisis

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey campaigned on promises of new affordable housing. Frey is now six ... won't solve the problem by itself. Some projects, he said, will have to be subsidized. That's where ... read more

Minneapolis Mayor Unveils Plan to Undo History of Segregation

The influence of these real estate and lending patterns is still felt in cities today, even 50 years after the Fair Housing Act of 1968 made discrimination in the housing market illegal. (Credit: ... read more

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey promises immigrant rights, affordable housing and police reform

Frey laid out the details of his far-reaching vision for the city and its leaders in his first State of the City address. Mayor Jacob Frey believes Minneapolis must ... hope for the city to invest $50 ... read more

Can Minneapolis’s radical rezoning be a national model?

Combined with a proposed $40 million investment in programs that support renters and combat homelessness planned for by recently elected Mayor Jacob Frey ... teens in Minneapolis Public Schools; a ... read more

The Wall of Forgotten Natives: Inside Minneapolis’ largest homeless encampment

Dozens of $50 application fees ... and enlist people in housing and drug treatment programs. During a press conference at the American Indian Center—to which camp residents were not invited—Mayor ... read more

Lawsuit: Downtown Minneapolis park not just a 'terrible deal,' but illegal, too

Moreover, Hayden charges Hodges' proposed five-year financial plan uses any leftover sales, entertainment, and/or lodging taxes to fund "vanity projects," such as maintaining the Commons, at the ... read more

Community Organizing Pushed Cities to Make Progress on Housing in 2018

In 2018, a loose coalition of housing ... set aside for affordable housing efforts. That sped things along, and in late September, the mayor and the city council signed an agreement, committing $20 ... read more