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Edina down payment assistance program runs out of money as housing market tightens
StarTribune · 8 February 2025
The East Edina Housing Foundation’s “Come Home 2 Edina” program helped 183 families buy homes over the past 18 years.
Do ‘sacred settlement’ tiny houses in Minnesota have a religious requirement for residents?
MinnPost · 29 January 2025
The question is raised because this type of housing is built on church properties to help the unhoused.
Housing construction in Minneapolis and St. Paul is tanking as new year begins
MinnPost · 27 January 2025
For a variety of reasons, the two cities just had two of the worst housing years anywhere in the Midwest.
Can’t Afford a House? Just Build One in the Backyard.
New York Times · 24 January 2025
In Toronto, where housing prices are racing ahead of inventory, residents are building homes in their yards and moving their children or their parents into them.
Minnesota is in a housing shortage. Legislators are unifying to find a fix.
Minnesota StarTribune · 27 January 2025
From loosening local zoning rules that limit density to reforming homeowners associations and curbing corporate ownership of multifamily buildings, the goal is to spur new construction and reduce consumer costs.
Landlords have been accused of price fixing. See where it may be happening.
Washington Post · 7 January 2025
Millions of rents across the United States may now be set using one company’s algorithmic software, according to a federal lawsuit and a Washington Post analysis. Enter your county to see local information.
Migrants and End of Covid Restrictions Fuel Jump in U.S. Homelessness
New York Times · 27 December 2024
Homelessness soared to the highest level on record this year, driven by forces that included a surge in migrants seeking asylum, a national housing crisis and the end of pandemic-era measures to protect the needy.
Opinion: There are ways to stem the housing shortage, but this isn’t it
Washington Post · 17 December 2024
Readers respond to a roofer’s plan to end the housing crisis, and builders offer insights.
She didn’t get an apartment because of an AI-generated score – and sued to help others avoid the same fate
The Guardian · 14 December 2024
Despite a stellar reference from a landlord of 17 years, Mary Louis was rejected after being screened by firm SafeRent.
Stable housing could have prevented my brother-in-law’s murder
StarTribune · 7 December 2024
Health care systems and affordable housing providers need to work together to tackle this life-and-death issue.
Opinion: A Michigan roofer’s smart plan to end the housing crisis
Washington Post · 6 December 2024
Since the Great Recession, America hasn’t been building enough homes.
Edina, MN Rental Market Trends
apartmentlist.com · 3 December 2024
The overall median rent in Edina is $1,812, after rising 1.1% last month. Prices are now up 6.2% year-over-year. In contrast, rents nationally have declined slightly.
Under One Roof: Stories on Minnesota’s Housing Crisis
Twin Cities Public Television (TPT) · Multiple dates
Under One Roof: Stories on Minnesota’s Housing Crisis is a multimedia hub of stories that unpacks the complexity of our state’s affordable housing challenges from a variety of perspectives.
High cost of living drives Minnesota visits to food shelves, adds strain to system
MPR News · 14 November 2024
Housing, health care and economics all intersect with food insecurity and increase the demand on food shelves.
The State of the Nation’s Housing 2024
Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University · 20 June 2024
Homeowners and renters across the US are struggling with high housing costs. On the for-sale side, millions of potential homebuyers have been priced out of the market by high home prices and interest rates, while the number of renters with cost burdens has hit an all-time high.