Duluth apartment-to-hotel conversion rankles residents, city officials
Dan Kraker · MPR News · 4 April 2023
A Duluth developer’s plans to convert part of an apartment building built with a public subsidy into a boutique hotel has prompted a public outcry.
Governors Push Faster Construction to Meet Housing Needs
Erika Bolstad · Route Fifty · 20 March 2023
Several states are working to increase the pace of home construction and the availability of affordable housing.
Sociologist Matthew Desmond on why poverty persists in the U.S.
Ayesha Rascoe · NPR News · 19 March 2023
Audio interview with the author of Poverty, by America.
Minneapolis 2040 zoning remains stuck in the 1960s
Bill Lindeke · MinnPost · 17 March 2023
Cities in general, and downtowns specifically, have been organized for too long to be specialized places.
In Matthew Desmond’s ‘Poverty, by America,’ the Culprit Is Us
Alec MacGillis · NYTimes · 13 March 2023
The endurance of poverty in the United States is the product not only of larger shifts such as deindustrialization and family dissolution, but of choices and actions by more fortunate Americans. This includes exclusionary zoning in suburbs.
Program aims to close racial gap by helping prospective Black homeowners
Kelly Smith · StarTribune · 10 February 2023
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity and the Minnesota Homeownership Center are launching a new down payment assistance program.
Senior Housing that Seniors Actually Like
Paula Span · New York Times · 29 January 2023
Accessory dwelling units (ADUs) are on the rise.
Homeless mom left her dog with note, ‘please love me.’ A shelter reunited them.
Sydney Page · Washington Post · 27 January, 2023
Lilo, a 4-year-old German shepherd-Great Pyrenees mix, was found wandering inChattanooga, Tennessee, alone. Her family was homeless. The shortage of pet-friendly shelters and affordable housing presents a challenge to those seeking to reunite the family with their beloved pet.
The Governors Wading Deeper Into the Housing Crisis
Molly Bolan and Daniel C. Vock · Route Fifty · 20 January 2023
A national housing crunch is spurring governors around the country to venture into debates that typically consume local officials: regulating where new housing can go and figuring out how to entice developers to build more of it.
What would it take to turn more offices into housing?
Emma Goldberg · New York Times · 27 December 2022
Empty office space could be turned into housing.