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Minnesota lawmakers approve $1 billion for housing
A bill headed to Gov. Tim Walz for his signature creates a new rental voucher system, helps first-time homebuyers and builds housing for workers. It includes a quarter percent increase in the sales tax in the metro area.
Supreme Court seems to tilt strongly toward Minneapolis woman in property rights case
The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard its last scheduled argument of the term — a case brought by a 94-year-old grandmother in Minneapolis whose condo was seized for failure to pay property taxes.
When a county seizes a home over taxes, who should get to keep the equity?
The U.S. Supreme Court this week hears a property rights case involving a Minnesota woman who had her condominium seized and sold by Hennepin County after she failed to pay her property taxes.
College students uncover history of racist housing deeds in Stearns County
The students from the College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University found dozens of discriminatory covenants in St. Cloud, St. Joseph, Cold Spring and Sauk Centre — proving that attempts to prevent people of color from owning property extended well beyond the Twin Cities.
Duluth apartment-to-hotel conversion rankles residents, city officials
A Duluth developer’s plans to convert the second floor of an apartment building in the Lincoln Park Craft District into a boutique hotel has prompted a public outcry. Residents and city officials say it will cause the loss of badly needed housing units in a complex that was built with the help of a public subsidy.
6 things to know about heat pumps, a climate solution in a box
Sales of super-efficient electric heat pumps are rising in the U.S. But what are heat pumps? And why do some call them a key climate solution?
Minneapolis asks for $45 million to address public housing backlog
Minneapolis officials say the money is part of a larger effort they announced Friday to bolster public and affordable housing by collaborating with other local governments and private partners.