Housing
New apartments push out small businesses around University
The growing number of luxury apartments around the University of Minnesota campus is drawing concern from small businesses in the area.
The high rent rates of commercial space in buildings like Sydney Hall and 1301 University Ave. have ousted a number of local business, said Skott Johnson, president of the Dinkytown Business Association.MORE »
Riverside renovations ongoing
A year’s worth of construction at Riverside Plaza apartments has residents yearning for its completion.
The project, which began last February, is almost 75 percent complete. But tenants are upset with the living conditions it created, said Abdulkadir Warsame, executive director of the Riverside Plaza Tenant Association.MORE »
Healthy Corridor For All?
We’ve written about why we love the Central Corridor Light Rail Transit Line (CCLRT) between downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul.MORE »
Home improvement talks and South Minneapolis Housing Fair
“Home Improvement: Found Space” is a talk offered at Nokomis Library, 5100 34th Ave. S., Tuesday, Feb. 21, at 6:30 p.m. South Minneapolis homeowners who would like to get more usable space from a home without expanding its footprint can see how a designer does it.MORE »
As local programs get more federal money, homeless vets find homes
Laid off as a laborer and truck driver for the city of Minneapolis in the depths of the recession, Wes Winkelman found himself unable to find another job.
Homelessness and trouble followed. He drank too much.MORE »
Bonding homes, bonding communities
While big ticket public works projects—light rail, Nicolette Mall, major bridge construction—usually grab headlines in bonding bill news, it’s the smaller maintenance jobs that are critical to sustaining Minnesota’s communities. One community safety net often overlooked in such large scale proposals is public housing.MORE »
Helping Minnesota's homeless kids: Studying services that work
The negative effects of homelessness on kids are well-known. In school, homeless children are absent more frequently and tend not to do as well academically. Outside school, because of dangerous living environments and traumatic family experiences, their families are more likely to be involved with child welfare authorities.MORE »
Occupy Homes takes fight to MN capitol and nationwide
What’s next for the burgeoning Occupy Homes movement?MORE »
Recession or not, home ownership is still possible for some
Low-income housing has pretty much gone the way of the buffalo. Unless you’re on welfare in a Section 8 apartment, there’s virtually no such thing. Between the ravaged economy and the longstanding evil of predatory lending, low-income home ownership is scarcer still.MORE »
Developers seek community feedback on living spaces for artists in former Schmidt Brewery and Pillsbury A-Mill
Two new housing developments geared toward artists will be coming to the Twin Cities in coming years, and on January 9 the people in charge held a meeting to hear the public's thoughts on the matter.MORE »
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