MPR News AM Update: Minneapolis takes aim at affordable housing
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Some drizzle, but still warm. Twin Cities highs in the mid 40s with precipitation at night and, maybe, in the afternoon. Statewide highs vary from the mid 30s to lower 50s with precipitation beginning in the afternoon. Rain will turn to snow in west-central Minnesota overnight. More on Updraft. | Forecast
Minneapolis’ city council is trying to work on their housing crisis. The latest efforts come in the form of an inclusionary zoning proposal that would require developers to make some units in their projects to be attainable for lower-income renters. The city’s stock of housing affordable for low-income people has dwindled for 20 years. Developers, who largely have built housing that’s unaffordable for many residents over the past decade, say the council plan is too strict.
“St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter will ask the City Council for more than $1 million in additional public safety funds on Wednesday, after a tumultuous few months that have brought the capital city’s homicide total to a 25-year high. He will make his presentation at the council’s regular afternoon meeting. It’s unclear what new policies or programs his proposal might include, though he has advocated for a multifaceted approach to public safety that involves traditional policing and community investments,” report Emma Nelson and Liz Sawyer for the Star Tribune.
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