Edina Neighbors for Affordable Housing (ENAH) is an all-volunteer organization of Edina residents who believe that Edina should be an equitable, welcoming, and sustainable community with senior and workforce housing available for people of all income levels at all stages of life.

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Here’s what’s in the bipartisan housing bills that are making cities nervous

Minnesota Reformer · 11 March 2025

Housing developers say strict city zoning rules, exhaustive public hearings and aesthetic requirements make construction more expensive and reduce the number of units built.

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HUD cuts expected to worsen America’s housing crisis, staffers say

Washington Post · 23 February 2025

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is expected to be slashed in half, according to an internal memo obtained by The Washington Post.

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Met Council scales back plan for more density after suburbs on edge of the metro complained

StarTribune · 16 February 2025

Suburbs on the fringe of the Twin Cities metro get to plan for a little more space between houses under the Met Council 2050 plan.

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Met Council forecasts where population will grow across Twin Cities: Look up your city

StarTribune · 11 February 2025

The Twin Cities region will add 650,000 people by 2050, if the latest Metropolitan Council forecast holds true.

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Opinion: St. Paul can hang its hat on some recent development successes

MinnPost · 13 February 2025

Since 2021, St. Paul has quietly passed some of the best zoning and land use reforms in the nation, and some developers are already taking advantage of new rules governing housing development.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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