Winona’s rental restrictions experience growing pains

by Tracey Goodrich on November 2, 2011

As many know, bursting housing bubbles, foreclosures, and ever-cautious mortgage lenders are all contributing to a tightening rental market. Fewer choices in apartments make those that are safe and decent less affordable.

In its efforts to de-concentrate those ‘pesky college-aged renters,’ could Winona’s nimby-inspired rental limitations be failing to accommodate the growing need for decent and affordable rental housing in its communities? Read how a couple named in this Postbulletin.com article wound up in a quandary while trying to provide a nice home for their daughter and other potential college-aged renters.

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