Housing

Open Saint Paul: What is your vision for the future of the West Side Flats?

By Staff, Open Saint Paul

The City of Saint Paul Department of Planning and Economic Development (PED) has begun a community-based planning process to update the West Side Flats Master Plan and Development Guidelines, adopted in 2001. The Planning Commission created a community task force, chaired by a Planning Commissioner, to advise City staff and consultants during the planning process. In addition, a series of community meetings will be held to get input from the broader public.

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Sale of 1522 Hillside a "no-brainer," new avenues for rehabbing historic homes in Minneapolis to be rolled out

By Jeff Skrenes, North by Northside

Last week the sale of 1522 Hillside Avenue North cleared one of the final hurdles before Nicole Curtis can begin restoration of this historic property. Council member Goodman called the sale a "no-brainer," and initiated a 20-minute discussion about how to preserve more houses and engage the private market in a better way. The motion for 1522 carried unanimously, but the preceding discussion marked what could be a sea change in city disposition of boarded and vacant properties.

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WWJD: What would Jesus do about homeowners' rights? Local faith leaders still hope for legislative action

By Jacob Wheeler, The Uptake

Holy Week isn’t just a school holiday when kids color eggs and dress up like bunnies. For progressive faith leaders who represent the ISAIAH coalition of churches and social justice believers, remembering the passion, death and Resurrection of Christ is a sacred time, and an appropriate time to call out sin and to come to the aid of those in need.

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Many North Minneapolis homes on April 27-28 tour

By Margo Ashmore, North News

At 2814 Aldrich Ave. N., various Urban Homeworks crews, and professionals who are donating their time, are scrambling to put the 1.5-story house back together and make it available affordably to a new owner.

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Walking in a walkable neighborhood

By Teresa Boardman, Teresa Boardman on TCDP

In recent weeks I have been working with clients who have worked in St. Paul for many years and have now decided that they want to live here too instead of commuting from the burbs every day.

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BOOKS | University of Minnesota Professor Edward Goetz: Don't demolish public housing

By Cassandra Kickert, TC Daily Planet

Professor Edward Goetz believes residents have the right to remain in their communities; therefore, he opposes the demolition of public housing.

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South Minneapolis grandmother spared eviction by Occupy campaign

By Mel Reeves, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

Supporters rally outside Gayle Lindsey’s home; Below, Gayle Lindsey with megaphone (Photos by Chris Juhn)

After a public pressure campaign led by Occupy Homes MN ’s Foreclosure and Eviction Free Zone, Gayle Lindsey, a nursing assistant and grandmother in South Minneapolis who was facing imminent eviction, has won an 11th-hour loan modification on her mortgage from M&T Bank. Lindsey bought the home in 2001 and was given an adjustable-rate loan that rose by a few hundred dollars last year.

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Stronger economy helping Minnesota homeowners, but not renters or homeless

By Cynthia Boyd, MinnPost

In Minnesota, according to the MHP’s report about the last three months of 2012, “[T]he slowly improving economy bolstered homeowners and the housing industry, but not renters or the homeless.” (MinnPost photo by Corey Anderson)

With emergency shelters swamped last fall, an advocate for the homeless suggested to me the lack of affordable housing in our community could get so bad the homeless might be left to pitch tents.

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2013 election issues: Housing preservation, development, and the Vikings stadium

By Jeff Skrenes, North by Northside

In past elections, this blog has been used as a platform to endorse specific candidates. This year, or at the very least this early on in the campaign season, I'm trying a different approach. Because ranked-choice voting and a lack of an incumbent running for either mayor or the fifth ward, a large number of candidates are expected to stay in the running for those seats for much of the election. Instead of openly endorsing anyone here, I plan to lay out issues that are important to me and hopefully pertinent to north Minneapolis as well. In that way, more candidates will craft their strategies around these issues.

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Construction in St. Paul: West Side Flats

By Teresa Boardman, Teresa Boardman on TCDP

Lost of construction going on. The land is on the river near the Wabasha bridge and was once going to be the site of a large development call "Bridges of Saint Paul" that was going to be condos and restaurants and I think even a theater.

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