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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Financial Pressure From Rent is Moving Up the Income Ladder

Route Fifty · Feb 4, 2020

Rent is increasingly posing an outsized financial burden for households earning between $30,000 and $75,000 a year, according to new research from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies.

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What shapes a kid’s opportunities? Researchers say look to the neighborhood.

Washington Post · Jan 24, 2020

A child’s neighborhood can predict how they’ll do in life, new research finds. A Brandeis University study finds stark divides along racial and ethnic lines, as well as glaring “opportunity gaps” — even in adjoining neighborhoods. A link to the full report is available here.

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The Neighborhoods We Will Not Share

The New York Times · Jan 20, 2020

Persistent housing segregation lies at the root of many of our society’s problems. Trump wants to make it worse.

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What You Need to Know About How Section 8 Really Works

ProPublica · Jan 9, 2020

A guide to the Section 8 program. Learn how to apply, how to qualify for a voucher, and what it’s like to live in Section 8 housing.

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How Wealthy Towns Keep People With Housing Vouchers Out

The Connecticut Mirror · Jan 9, 2020

Section 8 vouchers should give low-income people the opportunity to live outside poor communities. But discriminatory landlords, exclusionary zoning and the federal government’s hands-off approach leave recipients with few places to call home.

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California Is Booming. Why Are So Many Californians Unhappy?

The New York Times · Dec 29, 2019

Fire, garbage and homelessness increasingly plague the Golden State. For all its forward-thinking companies and liberal social and environmental policies, the state has mostly put higher-value jobs and industries in expensive coastal enclaves, while pushing lower-paid workers and lower-cost housing to inland areas like the Central Valley.

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Life in the 2020s: Slower Growth Will Be the New Normal

StarTribune · Dec. 28, 2019

The accumulated effects of previous growth rates will widen the gap between slow growers like Minnesota and fast ones like Texas and California.

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Interview with Economist Enrico Moretti

Econ Focus · 2019

Enrico Moretti, an economist at UC Berkeley, has found that the sorting of highly educated Americans into certain communities has led to other communities falling behind.

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Watch 4 Decades of Inequality Drive American Cities Apart

The New York Times · December 2, 2019

The biggest metropolitan areas are now the most unequal.

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Mpls Council Wants to Give Tenants Chance to Purchase Rentals

MinnPost · November 25, 2019

A group of Minneapolis city council members are developing a proposal that would require landlords who want to sell rental homes to give tenants an opportunity to buy the property.

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It’s Time to End the Affordable Housing Crisis Once and For All

StarTribune · Nov 22, 2019

On a single night, more than 10,000 people in Minnesota were homeless last year — the highest number ever recorded.

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Latest Metropolitan Council Growth Forecast

Metropolitan Council · Nov 2019

Regional forecast: Household growth revised downward; population growth expected to slow.

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Researchers Assess Link Between Healthcare and Evictions

Next City · Nov. 2019

A new study suggests that expanding access to healthcare for low-income people is associated with a significant reduction in the rate of evictions.

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The Inflation Gap

The Atlantic · Nov 2019

A new analysis indicates that rising prices have been quietly taxing low-income families more heavily than rich ones.

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Secrets of the World’s Most Livable City

CityLab · Oct 29, 2019

Viennese lawmaker Maria Vassilakou explains why the Austrian capital ranks so high on quality-of-life rankings, despite its rapidly growing population.

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