Edina Neighbors for Affordable Housing

Advocates and some local officials say eviction moratoriums and government rental assistance are essential amid ICE activity.

State officials are attempting to address voters’ worries about the rising cost of living, including housing and everyday items such as groceries, utilities and child care.

President Donald Trump wants to keep home prices high, bypassing calls to ramp up construction so people can afford what has been a ticket to the middle class.

In a struggling area of Lincoln, a program pays for repairs and energy efficiency upgrades in rental buildings. In return, landlords must keep rents affordable.

A new study from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis found a more than 60% drop in homebuyers with modest budgets from 2021-24. Meanwhile, sales of more expensive homes rose.

Some liberal cities try to circumvent the market and use lotteries for affordable housing. This practice merits more scrutiny.

The expert consensus holds that the way to bring down housing costs is to build more housing; and the best way to do that is to remove the regulatory barriers to a construction boom.

Experts say a lack of consumer confidence has outweighed the effect of the Fed’s modest interest rate cut and kept would-be home buyers on the fence.

Neglected houses are being repaired in preparation for sale to first-time homeowners, and the landlords who once tried to profit off of them by cutting costs on maintenance have exited the Minnesota market.

The U.S. has two overlapping problems: the housing crisis and despondency in young men.

Middle-income households are being squeezed out of the market, even as listing inventory rebounds from its post-pandemic lows.

Two Twin Cities area churches — St. Paul’s Mosaic Christian Community and Roseville’s Prince of Peace — have built nine tiny homes in what are called sacred settlements.

The Phillips neighborhood in Minneapolis is the focus of an Institute for Metropolitan Opportunity report on public money and regional housing strategies.

Minnesota cities do not want state legislators to tell them how much housing to approve, what it should look like or how many parking spots to require per apartment.

City has added housing at moderately affordable prices but, like most cities, it struggles to meet needs of its lowest income residents.