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 […]
The Problem with Crime-Free Housing Ordinances
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 […]
Evictions in Greater Minnesota Report
Evictions, regardless of outcome, can limit a renter’s available housing options. While the number of evictions in Minnesota has decreased slightly over the last few years, approximately 16,000 evictions were still filed in 2017. An eviction action can lead to the short term disruption of a household, including a forced unplanned move. It can also […]
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 […]
MN Supreme Court Gives Cities Right to Inspect
Written By:Paul Birnberg and Mike Vraa Golden Valley, like many MN cities, wants to have the power to inspect every rental unit in the city on a regular basis (annually or once every two or three years). Why? The inspector wants to make sure every landlord is keeping up on repairs. Without inspections some repairs […]
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