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Resident of tiny home village welcomes safety, security, stability of Avivo
The city of Minneapolis wants to build a second facility made up of indoor tiny homes, called Avivo Village. The first-of-its kind location opened almost three years ago in the North Loop neighborhood near downtown Minneapolis inside a warehouse that now includes 100 tiny homes.
St. Cloud looks to bring new life, connections to revitalize city's downtown
St. Cloud is asking the Minnesota Legislature for $100 million in state bonding money to improve roads, bridges and other infrastructure. City leaders say they want to create a more vibrant, walkable downtown with more housing options.
Minneapolis celebrates first large-scale affordable housing project in more than 20 years
Minneapolis Public Housing Authority is celebrating its first large-scale affordable housing project in more than two decades. The city has allocated more than $5 million in funding for public housing annually going forward.
Duluth office-to-apartment conversion sparks downtown revitalization hope
A Duluth developer announced plans this week to convert a 50-year old downtown office building into apartments. It’s the first of what the city hopes will be several office-to-housing conversions in the next several years as Duluth works to revitalize its downtown post-pandemic.
Minneapolis considers building second tiny-home village for homeless people
On Monday, the 12 council members present at a budget meeting voted to take $1 million from the city’s contingency funds that could lead to additional state money for another such village near the recently cleared encampment.
First Rondo descendent buys home using St. Paul's Inheritance Fund
A young St. Paul man is the first person to buy a home using the city’s Inheritance Fund. The goal of the new program is to rebuild intergenerational wealth for the descendants of people in the historically Black Rondo neighborhood who lost their homes and businesses to Interstate 94 in the 1950s.