HOME Line’s Treadmill-a-Thon 2011 is scheduled from 7am June 13th through 11pm June 14th, 2011. This 2nd Annual Treadmill-a-Thon is dedicated to raise funds and awareness for our programming by broadcasting live on the web while fans of HOME Line spend 40 hours on the treadmill in 15-30 minute increments. Last year, 418 donors supported 89 […]
HOME Line releases “How to Be the Smartest Renter on Your Block”
Press Release 3/30/11: For Immediate Release New laws and tougher economy change the equation for renters. Tenant rights guide gives renters the tools needed to navigate new world of renting. Amid a tough rental market and with the 2010 Minnesota Legislature making significant changes to tenant – landlord law, HOME Line wrote How to Be […]
Pioneer Press reports on notorious Twin Cities landlords
A multi-part series by the Pioneer Press: 1/18/11: “At troubled rental sites, more pain for the landlords” “Overall, it would be good to have stronger statewide tenant rights,” Hauge said. “But when you’re working with tenants in buildings like these, you’re working with low-income (people). … It can be a barrier to get into court and take […]
National partner reports on HOME Line’s Tenant Hotline
The following is a reprint an article in this week’s Memo to Members, a weekly publication of the National Low Income Housing Coalition: FROM THE FIELD ***Minnesota Advocates Use Statistical Analysis to Quantify Tenant Protection Benefits To better quantify the impact of its work with tenants, Minnesota’s HOME Line, an NLIHC member, partnered with the University […]
Attorney Mike Vraa speaks about renters affected by foreclosure
Mike Vraa, HOME Line’s managing attorney, was a guest on Public Radio International’s “The Takeaway” this morning. He shared comments on how renters are increasingly being affected by landlord foreclosures, and how they are often the innocent victims in these situations. You can listen to the interview here: UPDATE 10/18/10: Mike Vraa was also recently featured in a […]