On September 30th, HOME Line hosted a free webinar to share information about current legal issues that Minnesota renters are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic. This week we spent most of our time answering your questions, both submitted in advance and during the session.
We hope this training was helpful to you. Please consider giving a tax-deductible donation to support our work by clicking here.
Links/Materials discussed during the webinar:
- HOME Line’s general COVID-19 information/resource page
- Recordings of our previous webinars
- Recently announced federal CDC/HHS eviction suspension, effective 9/4/20. Note: Here in Minnesota, the Governor’s Executive Order that suspends almost all evictions and landlord-initiated lease terminations (EO 20-79) is substantially more protective for renters than the CDC suspension in most key aspects. Because of this, the CDC suspension currently DOES NOT APPLY in states that already have stronger protections, like Minnesota.
- To apply for the Minnesota COVID-19 Housing Assistance Program:
Call 211 (Toll Free: 1.800.543.7709; Local: 651.291.0211)
Visit 211unitedway.org
Text “MNRENT” or “MNHOME” to 898-211 - For submitting complaints about evictions/lease terminations, contact the MN Attorney General:
(651) 296-3353 (Twin Cities Calling Area)
(800) 657-3787 (Outside the Twin Cities)
Eviction complaint form - List/links to all of Minnesota’s Executive Orders
- Legislative Commission on Housing Affordability
- Office of MN Secretary of State: Register to Vote
- HOME Line’s FAQ on EO 20-79
- Emergency Executive Order 20-79: Modifying the Suspension of Evictions and Writs of Recovery During the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency.
- HOME Line’s FAQ on mask requirements in rental housing
- Law Help MN: Page on Renters Rights and Court
- CARES Act address search from ProPublica (not comprehensive–does not include properties with <5 units that are federally backed)
- Hennepin County emergency/COVID-19 rental assistance application
- Ramsey County emergency/COVID-19 rental assistance application:
- A list of county-based emergency financial assistance resources within the 7-county metro.
If you are a renter in Minnesota and you have a question about your specific housing situation, please contact our free tenant hotline: 612-728-5767 or via email. Also, some general rental housing information regarding COVID-19 is available here.
We hope this training was helpful to you. Please consider giving a tax-deductible donation to support our work.
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