MICAH

House File 2485 & Senate File 2073 – Bonding for Housing

The major item of business for the legislature this year is determining long term bonding priorities. A broad coalition of housing organizations from throughout the state are supporting a request $40 million in housing related bonds.

Contact your legislator and urge their support at http://www.leg.state.mn.us.

For details, click here.

Heading Home Dakota
Ending Homelessness in Dakota County

MICAH members and other community stakeholders from across Dakota County collaborated to create Heading Home Dakota, a 10 year plan to that strives to end homelessness rather than just manage it.   Click here to read the plan.

A community wide forum to learn more about Heading Home Dakota will be held on Monday, May 14 at Mary Mother of the Church 6:30 pm gathering 7:00 pm program.   Click here for flyer.

The Facts on Twin Cities Housing

• The vacancy rate for any apartment in the Twin Cities is 2.4%  making the search for affordable housing even harder for those with low incomes.
• 54% of renters in the metro area that pay more than 30%  of their income on housing. 
• Only 22% of low income households in Minneapolis has affordable housing. 
• 5500 children in Minneapolis Public Schools are homeless.
• Sheltering a family for a month costs $2700.
• $650 is  usually the one time cost to prevent a family from becoming homeless in Minneapolis.
• 40% of delinquent mortgages are prime fixed rate products not subprime mortgages.