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Eviction Filing Update: May 2026

June 4, 2026 by Eric Hauge Leave a Comment

May 2026 ended with 1,972 evictions filed statewide, trending similar to last May (1,987) and the three-year 2023-2025 average (1,983). Looking at the broader picture, 10,351 eviction cases were filed statewide from January through May 2026. This is a 1.6% increase over the same period in 2025 (10,186 filings) and 7.4% above the three-year average […]

Filed Under: Newsletter

Recent media coverage on tenant/landlord issues informed by HOME Line

June 6, 2022 by Eric Hauge Leave a Comment

In the past month HOME Line’s legal, organizing, and advocacy work has been featured in or helped to provide background details for a number of recent state and national media reports on important housing and tenant/landlord topics. These stories covered a range of topics from a detailed investigation of the phenomenon of “informal” or “extrajudicial” […]

Filed Under: HOME Line in the News, Newsletter

HOME Line celebrates 30 years of advocating with Minnesota renters

February 4, 2022 by Eric Hauge 1 Comment

HOME Line’s tenant hotline first opened on January 13, 1992. Back then, it covered the suburbs of Hennepin County, as it was a program of a local community action agency. Now, 30 years later, HOME Line serves the entire state of Minnesota, offering timely, accurate, and confidential legal advice to any Minnesota renter free of […]

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HOME Line statement on new RentHelpMN application deadline

January 25, 2022 by Eric Hauge

Today, Minnesota Housing announced a deadline for new applications and re-applications to the COVID-19 emergency rental assistance program through RentHelpMN: Friday January 28th at 9:00 p.m. Further, incomplete applications will be considered withdrawn at that time. We strongly urge tenants throughout the state and our clients who are behind on rent to apply at RentHelpMN.org […]

Filed Under: Public Policy, Tenant Hotline

Recording of 2/4/21 Tenant Organizing webinar – Call Your Rep: How to engage public officials on policy and renter’s rights

January 27, 2021 by Eric Hauge

On Thursday, February 4th HOME Line hosted an online webinar about current statewide and local tenant policy advocacy. Since the 2021 legislative session recently began, we heard from HOME Line’s Policy Director on statewide bills and best practices when contacting representatives. We were also joined by representatives of Housing Equity Now Saint Paul (HENS) and […]

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8011 34th Ave S, Suite #126
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HOME Line is a tax-exempt non-profit organization under Internal Revenue Code § 501(c)(3).

Our EIN is 41-1941115.

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