ICE activity leaves Minnesota tenants and businesses struggling to make rent
Shay Scanlan · Minnesota Daily · 10 February 2026
Advocates and some local officials say eviction moratoriums and government rental assistance are essential amid ICE activity.
Governors tackle rising cost of living with relief checks, tax cuts and housing policy
Geoff Mulvihill · StarTribune · 9 February 2026
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.
Voters are worried about the cost of housing. But Trump wants home prices to keep climbing
Josh Boak · StarTribune · 08 february 2026
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 Nebraska, Makeovers for Buildings That Don’t Price Out the Locals
Cara Buckley · New York Times · 7 December 2025
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.
Fewer Working Class People Can Afford Homes
Jim Buchta · StarTribune · 18 November 2025
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.
The Hidden Cost of ‘Affordable Housing’
Judd Kessler · The Atlantic · 29 October 2025
Some liberal cities try to circumvent the market and use lotteries for affordable housing. This practice merits more scrutiny.
Mamdani has a point about rent control
Roge Karma · The Atlantic · 2 November 2025
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.
‘Everything on pause’: Interest rate cut can’t spark housing market burdened by uncertainty
Shadi Bushra · MinnPost · 6 October 2025
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.
Hundreds of Minnesota homes neglected by hedge fund are now in hands of nonprofits
Susan Du · Minnesota StarTribune · 1 October 2025
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.
Opinion: What’s really depressing America’s young men
Rahm Emanuel · Washington Post · 7 August 2025
The U.S. has two overlapping problems: the housing crisis and despondency in young men.