Minnesota Housing Partnership

08/19/2026

Our Future Starts at Home offers a way out through a proposed dedicated long-term fund that would be established by constitutional amendment, sized to the problem rather than to whatever is left at the end of a budget cycle.

"Clearing a camp resolves the picture for the evening news and the neighbors, but not the situation of the people living there," Our Saviour’s Community Services director Mike Huffman writes.

08/18/2026

The 2026 Candidate Questionnaire on Housing Issues -

On August 1, 6-9 pm, join MHP and Melanin IN Motion as we explore housing beyond shelter and the impact of safe, stable housing on our wellbeing - by bike! Start: MIA. Register now: https://bit.ly/MHP_SlowRoll

08/12/2026

Today at the SW MN Housing Forum, Leah Hall is hosting a panel of housing leaders from the 10th round of MHP’s Housing Institute. Tom Dobson from the City of Tracy, Shane hagstrom from the City of Atwater, and Leanna Larson from Swift County are sharing their experiences, lessons learned, and strategies for advancing housing development their rural communities.

08/12/2026

MHP’s Minnesota Snapshot of National Low Income Housing Coalition's 2026 Out of Reach report highlights state and county trends that reveal that households in every corner of Minnesota are spending thousands of dollars more than they can afford each year just to pay the rent for a modest apartment.

When hard-working Minnesotans are struggling to keep up with rising housing costs in our community, you know there’s a problem. Today, many Minnesotans know all too well the struggle of paying more than they can afford for housing. Out of Reach is released annually by the National Low Income ...

08/11/2026

Minnesota’s Primary Election is TODAY August 11, 2026. Check your registration and find your polling place at mnvotes.gov. Voting in your primary is your chance to help choose who moves forward, and put housing in the spotlight.

08/10/2026

MHP is preparing to host its first Housing Institute outside Minnesota. This fall the collaborative learning model will kick off with local stakeholders in western Alabama. Learn more:

In the summer of 2026, MHP team members Jill Henricksen and Matthew Prediger traveled to West Alabama to meet with local leaders and organizations preparing to participate in MHP’s first Housing Institute outside Minnesota.  The expansion is made possible through MHP’s partnership with Rural...

08/07/2026

New analysis from the Housing Assistance Council, has found that USDA’s Section 515 Multifamily Housing Portfolio Continues to Shrink.

RURAL RESEARCH BRIEF: USDA’s Section 515 Multifamily Housing Portfolio Continues to ShrinkJune 30, 2026/in Rural Research Briefs Housing Affordability, Rental Housing, Rental Housing Development and Preservation /by Manda LaPorteSome of the highest quality and most affordable rental housing in rur...

08/05/2026

Join us on August 18th for the Housing on the Ballot: Engaging Candidates webinar. The 2026 midterm election is nearly upon us. Come learn how we elevate housing as a defining election issue, and how nonprofits can engage in elections. Co-hosted by Habitat for Humanity of Minnesota.

Join us for the launch of the 2026 Candidate Housing Questionnaire and help put housing on the ballot in MN's 2026 elections.

08/04/2026

Do you have a plan to vote in Minnesota’s Primary Election on Tuesday, August 11? Learn what's on your ballot and find your polling place with Minnesota's Secretary of State Office:

Office of the State Of Minnesota Secretary of State

08/03/2026

Check out the Our Homes, Our Votes toolkit from the National Low Income Housing Coalition! Inside you will find tools to assist your organization in working to engage low-income renters in the upcoming elections.

Our Homes, Our Votes is a non-partisan campaign to register, educate, and mobilize more low-income renters and affordable housing advocates to be involved in voting.