HOME Line’s tenant hotline opened in January 1992. Back then, it covered the suburbs of Hennepin County. Now, twenty-eight years later, HOME Line covers the entire state of Minnesota, offering timely, accurate and confidential legal advice to any Minnesota renter free of charge. At 12:05 pm on May 4, 2020, we hit a big milestone: […]
Statewide rule change protects thousands of tenants from harmful rent increase practices and arbitrary evictions
Press Release: Statewide rule change protects thousands of tenants from harmful rent increase practices and arbitrary evictions FOR RELEASE 1/15/2020For more information contact:Tenant: Pamela Cutting, Legends of Columbia Heights: 612-859-3002Tenant: Judith Kroening, Legends of Silver Lake Village: 612-789-9104Tenant: Pam MacDonald, River North Apartments: 651-271-8417Margaret Kaplan, President, Housing Justice Center: 612-600-4028Ivory Taylor, Lead Tenant Organizer, HOME […]
Sign-on to support Minneapolis tenant protection ordinances
UPDATE 11:20am 8/28/19: WE’VE SENT THIS FINAL VERSION OF THE SIGN-ON LETTER TO THE COUNCIL PRIOR TO THEIR 8/28 1:30pm COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEARING. IF ADDITIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS SIGN-ON BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN THE FULL COUNCIL CONSIDERS THE POLICIES, WE’LL ADD AND RE-SEND AGAIN. Click here to sign-on to the letter as an individual or […]
Minnesota Supreme Court Recognizes a Common-Law Defense to Retaliatory Evictions
Today, the Minnesota Supreme Court held that residential “tenants have a common-law defense to landlord evictions in retaliation for tenant complaints about material violations by the landlord of state or local law, residential covenants, or the lease.” (Page 18). In simpler terms, the Court said that a landlord cannot file an eviction against their tenant […]
HOME Line’s 2018 Annual Report
We’re excited to share our 2018 Annual Report that provides a brief overview of the advice, advocacy, organizing, and overall impact HOME Line provided for Minnesota renters last year. Highlights include: 13,240 renter households received free and confidential legal advice, most frequently helping tenants with repairs, security deposits, and evictions. 52 volunteers and interns provided 2,090 […]
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