The Problem with Crime-Free Housing Ordinances (cross-posted from ACLU-MN) As a Minnesota-based statewide tenant rights organization that advises roughly 15,000 renter households annually, our organization has witnessed numerous Minnesota cities adopting rental housing disorderly conduct, nuisance, and/or crime-free ordinances (hereafter abbreviated CFOs) over the past 20 years. In general these types of ordinances provide cities the ability […]
Minneapolis and St. Paul Section 8 Reports
HOME Line’s tenant advocates frequently hear from renters who have difficulty finding, securing, and maintaining descent, safe, affordable housing. In particular, we often hear from tenants who have rental housing subsides such as Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers who are unable to locate a housing unit where the landlord will accept the voucher. For 15 […]
CRP forms for Renters Credit were due to tenants on 1/31/18
The Minnesota renter’s credit/refund is a state property tax refund for tenants. This refund assists renters with the tax burden they pay directly to their landlord because of the property taxes imposed on rental housing. Landlords are required to provide Certificate Rent Paid (CRP) forms to tenants no later than January 31, 2018. If you rented at any point […]
Charlie Warner
On November 8th, 2017, HOME Line lost its founder and former executive director Charlie Warner. He helped establish HOME Line as the only statewide tenants rights hotline in Minnesota and volunteered over 3,157 hours after he retired. He volunteered more than any other volunteer in HOME Line’s history. We’ll be sharing more about Charlie’s legacy […]
Groundbreaking Fair Housing Settlement in Crossroads at Penn Class Action Lawsuit
Press Release: Groundbreaking Fair Housing Settlement in Crossroads at Penn Class Action Lawsuit Update October 19, 2017: Today Judge Ann Montgomery signed the order granting a Motion for Preliminary Approval of the case (click for a copy). On September 29, 2017 a group of former Richfield, Minnesota residents, from the 698 unit apartment complex called […]
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