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Ahead of Tuesday address, Minneapolis mayor discusses housing and homelessness
Ahead of his State of the City address Tuesday, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey spoke with MPR News host Tom Crann in a wide-ranging interview. On the agenda: a tough 2024 budget year, potentially steep property tax increases, homeless encampments and the city’s housing wins.
Duluth Mayor Reinert tackles housing, streets, downtown in first State of the City speech
In his first State of the City speech, Duluth Mayor Roger Reinert focused on key campaign themes including housing and street repair. He pledged he wouldn’t raise property taxes next year and said a major new housing development would break ground in June.
Duluth’s Park Point residents air property tax concerns in wake of Cargill purchases
Residents of Duluth’s Park Point gathered this week to air concerns about rising property values and taxes — worries that have grown in the wake of billionaire Kathy Cargill’s high-profile purchases of several homes in the neighborhood.
Housing experts say there just aren't enough homes in the U.S.
The United States is millions of homes short of demand, and lacks enough affordable housing units. And many Americans feel like housing costs are eating up too much of their take-home pay.
Home prices, caregiving demands drive influx of intergenerational living
Several forces combined over the past half century to reinvigorate the idea that multiple generations living together is a financially smart and emotionally rewarding choice.
Duluth’s beloved Park Point a neighborhood in flux long before Cargill outcry
Behind the recent uproar over billionaire Kathy Cargill’s plans on Duluth’s Park Point, the neighborhood has been undergoing major change for years, with more second homes and vacation rentals, and soaring property taxes.