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MN court rules in favor of Minneapolis in Section 8 housing ordinance
The city is hailing a state appeals court decision allowing the city to ban landlords from discriminating against prospective renters solely because they receive Section 8 vouchers.
The old 'flop house' emerges as solution to affordable housing crisis
Boarding houses, once regarded as urban blight, are gaining traction as a way to solve shortages of affordable housing in Minnesota and across the country.
Lack of affordable housing squeezing ever more Minnesotans
A new study indicates the shortfall in affordable housing is growing, squeezing an additional 26,000 households in 2017 compared to two years before.
Military families in privatized housing 'afraid to come forward,' survey says
The Military Family Advisory Network gathered responses from families in 46 states. It concluded that residents' complaints were ignored and fear of retaliation on service members' careers persisted.
When rising rent makes affordable housing unaffordable
When we talk about affordable housing, we usually talk about whether someone has a place to live. But buried in that discussion is another facet of the housing shortage: whether someone's rent is just a few dollars away from becoming unaffordable.