by Kevin Featherly
Published: January 13, 2010
Tags: economic development, Ed Nelson, foreclosure, homelessness
The Minnesota Home Ownership Center launched a new $125,000 pilot-program funded by the Saint Paul Foundation Community Economic Relief Fund. The Re-Housing Grant program aims to help foreclosed homeowners secure appropriate rental properties, so they can begin anew.
by Dane Smith
Published: November 16, 2009
Tags: homelessness, teens
The teen-agers break your heart with their straightforward storytelling—about the difficulty of doing well in school while drifting between homeless shelters and attending 15 different schools, about the chronic anger of dysfunctional and impoverished families, about the irresistible appeal of street life, about ending up in kid prison.
by Staff
Published: October 15, 2009
Tags: children, Family Housing Fund, homelessness
If you think programs aimed at pulling children out of the cycle of homelessness don’t have much value, you might find your thoughts challenged in St. Paul on Oct. 20.
by Charley Shaw
Published: September 28, 2009
Tags: Chip Halbach, Dan Bartholomay, Department of Transportation, homelessness, John Marty, Minnesota Housing Partnership, Scott Dibble, Tim Pawlenty
The board of directors that oversees Minnesota’s housing finance agency has signed off on a budget that changes the state’s path to end long-term homelessness.
by Charley Shaw
Published: September 22, 2009
Tags: Dan Bartholomay, homelessness, Minnesota Housing
Minnesota’s five-year-old plan to end long-term homelessness is expected to undergo some changes and delay as state officials prepare to implement their next two-year affordable housing plan.
