Minnesota Housing Partnership

06/02/2026

It was exciting to be in the room for last week's discussion that touched on a constitutional amendment for housing.

Thank you Minneapolis Foundation for hosting and for your support of the Our Future Starts at Home coalition!

06/01/2026

Join MHP and co-hosts tomorrow at La Doña Cervecería on June 2 from 4:00–6:00pm! We will recognize and celebrate the housing champions and lawmakers who helped moved housing forward during this year’s legislative session.

Join fellow advocates and lawmakers over a well-deserved pint! We'll share successes, express gratitude, and plan our next steps together!

05/13/2026

MHP thanks lawmakers for coming together to advance a bipartisan $165M housing agreement that includes critical program funding to help strengthen communities across Minnesota.

We thank Governor Walz for his commitment to housing and urge him to sign the bill into law.

“If you had told us at the beginning of session we would pass a $165 million housing bill in the final days, no one would have believed it,” said Rep. Spencer Igo (R-Wabana Township), before a housing finance and policy conference committee approved an agreement Tuesday.

05/08/2026

READ: "a remarkable bipartisan coalition of business, labor, clergy, developers and low-income housing advocates has rallied around a bill called the Starter Home Act"

The Starter Home Act will put housing within reach for more Minnesotans.

In addition to ameliorating Minnesota’s housing shortage, ending local governments’ stranglehold on building is also the best long-term solution to another pressing problem: School re-segregation.

05/06/2026

MHP partners with communities across Minnesota and the country to ensure everyone has a safe, stable place to call home. Your support fuels our advocacy, research, and community development work.

Having a home — a roof over our heads — is key for our communities to thrive. When hard-working people, from teachers and nurses to firefighters and cashiers, are struggling to keep up with rising housing costs in our community, you know there’s a problem. When everyone can afford to live near...

05/04/2026

"When modest starter homes, townhouses, duplexes, accessory dwelling units and apartments face barriers or lengthy approval processes, the result is fewer choices and higher prices" https://www.startribune.com/affordable-housing-crisis-starter-homes-mortgage-rent-costs/601828819

Thank you: Habitat for Humanity of Minnesota, Habitat for Humanity - Twin Cities, Central Minnesota Habitat for Humanity, Habitat For Humanity of South Central MN, and North St. Louis County Habitat for Humanity.

The Starter Homes Act is a bipartisan, practical response to a shortage hurting families in every corner of our state, several Habitat for Humanity leaders write.

05/01/2026

A new Eviction Lab report shows eviction trends for 2025. It confirms that in 2025 Minnesota continues to show increased evictions above historic trends.

Amid benefit cuts, rising rents, and immigration enforcement, renters faced mounting pressures in 2025. Our data show landlords still filed over 1.2 million eviction cases across the country.

04/30/2026

Last month, The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University released their America's Rental Housing 2026. The report finds Minnesota ranks 6th in the nation for largest increase in the number of cost burdened renter households from 2019-2024, rising 10.4% (compared to a national average increase of 6.6%). READ:

04/29/2026

MHP recently returned to Marianna, Florida to support the Chipola Area Habitat for Humanity as it moves toward development of a new 9-acre site. READ:

This spring, MHP returned to Marianna, Florida to support Chipola Habitat for Humanity as it moves from vision to implementation on a new 9-acre housing development. Through this Rural Capacity Building engagement, MHP worked alongside local leaders, including the city manager, county administrator,...

04/28/2026

MHP recently released our 2026 County Profiles for all 87 Minnesota counties. These profiles provide a new look at housing costs, homeownership, and the shortage of homes across the state. READ:

MHP Research Highlights Housing Costs, Homeownership Gaps, and Rental Shortages in All 87 Counties A stable home is the foundation for strong communities, economic opportunity, and a thriving Minnesota. Yet new research from MHP finds that people in every corner of the state are increasingly struggl...