Housing

Who is Mikkel Beckmen, new Heading Home Hennepin director?

By Mary Turck, TC Daily Planet

Photo courtesy of Mikkel Beckmen

After serving as director of St.

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New North Minneapolis apartment construction in need of better design

By Jeff Skrenes, North by Northside

Last week at the Jordan housing committee meeting, CommonBond Communities presented their design proposal for the apartment building to be constructed at the West Broadway curve. There was a lot to like, and a few changes that they will hopefully make. The project was presented as "West Broadway Crescent," which is a rather good name. It sure beats plastering the name a non-profit everywhere, especially if you're going for something that looks like it would be market-rate housing. Which this is not, it's workforce housing subsidized by tax credits.

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Tour puts faces to the names of state's homeless

By Susan Hegarty, Session Weekly/Session Daily

program supervisor John Petroskas, left, shows members of the House Housing Finance and Policy Committee the accommodations at Higher Ground, a Minneapolis homeless shelter operated by Catholic Charities, during a March 4 legislative tour. (Photo by Andrew VonBank)

A former Minneapolis funeral home is now home for 16- to 19-year-olds in need of a safe, stable place to live off the streets as they transition from children to adults with responsibilities.

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Lung cancer deaths spur legislation for radon testing

By Susan Hegarty, Session Weekly/Session Daily

Radon is a radioactive gas that is odorless, tasteless and invisible. The gas is emitted into the air naturally from the soil. It can collect in high concentrations in the air in basements and is blamed for an estimated 700 lung cancer deaths each year in Minnesota, according to a nuclear physicist who testified before the House Housing Finance and Policy Committee on Wednesday.

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Despite brighter economy, Minnesota's homeless numbers still rise

By Cynthia Boyd, MinnPost

“Emergency shelter use was up throughout the state, but we saw the largest increase in the Twin Cities metro, including the addition of a church basement site less than 30 days before the study,” said study co-director Greg Owen. (MinnPost photo by Bill Kelley)

Even as the state’s jobs numbers get sunnier and the Dow hits an all-time high, the numbers of Minnesota’s homeless are rising as well — though not as fast as a few years ago.

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Many landlords take active role in St. Paul's Union Park neighborhood

By Karintha Lowe, TC Daily Planet

Photo by Charleston's TheDigitel's Photostream, published under Creative Commons license

Densely populated with rental properties, St. Paul's Union Park neighborhood is often home to clashes between homeowners, tenants, and landlords. Some landlords have taken an active role in the neighborhood, and many residents see the involvement as important in defusing tensions.

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Commercial use, then housing proposed for 201 Lowry NE in Minneapolis

By Margo Ashmore, Northeaster

Viewed from the back corner of the parking lot, the back of the former Little Jack’s property is in context; industrial buildings along Second Street, a former grain elevator on California Street. A few blocks away is the new Lowry Avenue Bridge. To the north, a vacant lot owned with the house next to it. Part of the parking lot is cleared, serving two smaller business buildings that are not included in the redevelopment. (Photos by Margo Ashmore)

Is there life after Little Jack’s?

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Minneapolis: Housing boom affects crime in Marcy-Holmes and Southeast Como

By Kelsey Shirriff, The Minnesota Daily

Two neighborhoods are starting to see the effects of a campus housing boom.

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How about a better state budget for housing?

By Colleen OConnor Toberman, Minnesota 2020

Anna is a resident in the shelter at which I work. Despite having disabilities, Anna volunteers at a thrift store, takes care of her health, and hopes to attend college next fall. Anna’s grown son is educated and working, despite his own mental disabilities. Anna’s greatest wish is to have a home where her son can visit her, and see her as an example of success. She doesn’t need the expensive “crisis care” that a shelter provides—she just needs a modest apartment she can afford on her limited income.

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OPINION | Residential downtowns missing some residents

By Agata Miszczyk, Minnesota 2020

After becoming deserted wastelands past 6pm, cities nationwide have embarked on a two-decade effort to revitalize downtowns. From coast to coast, projects aimed to spur both economic and social vitality in metropolitan area core's, with residential development as a driving force. A Brookings Institute study stated that “by definition, a downtown recovery means more residents.” The same Brookings study reported that from 1990 to 2000 the number of households living in downtown increased by 13 percent. This trend has continued in the last 12 years.

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