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Minnesotans and Housing Advocates Rally at the Capitol for Legislators to ‘Start with Home’

March 5, 2024 by Ubah Shire Leave a Comment

On February 20th, hundreds of advocates for safe, decent, and affordable housing gathered for the Starts with Home rally to advance a range of solutions to address many communities’ housing needs. HOME Line Tenant Advocate Ubah Shire shared her story with the crowd about the discrimination she faced because every landlord she approached refused to […]

Filed Under: Newsletter, Organizing, Public Policy

The Legends at Berry Residents’ Association Seeks Rent Relief

August 7, 2023 by Katherine Banbury Leave a Comment

The Legends at Berry, a newly built Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) senior building in St. Paul, is publicly subsidized through the federal tax system to offer “affordable housing” to the community. Despite being called “affordable housing,” a group of committed tenants had to begin meeting immediately because they were overwhelmed by the untenable rent […]

Filed Under: Newsletter, Organizing, Public Policy

HOME Line Organizers Host Tenant’s Rights’ Workshop for Dominium Tenants

February 21, 2023 by HOME Line Organizing Staff

On March 4th, 60 tenants from Dominium properties across the Twin Cities metro attended in person and virtually, a tenant rights presentation and panel discussion hosted by HOME Line. The presentation and extended Q&A session was led by HOME Line attorney Ama Carrion, who covered topics including repairs, privacy, and reasonable accommodations. Tenant organizers Katherine […]

Filed Under: Organizing, Trainings, Webinars

Seniors organize to fight eviction at Newport Assisted Living Facility

February 4, 2022 by HOME Line Organizing Staff Leave a Comment

On October 21 of 2021, Zumbro House Inc. issued residents of a 200 unit assisted living facility (Wings of Newport, at 2300 Hastings Ave, Newport, MN) notices to vacate for November 30th. The senior residents, many disabled and dependent on services, say they have no time to find alternative housing as winter weather sets in. […]

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Statewide rule change protects thousands of tenants from harmful rent increase practices and arbitrary evictions

January 15, 2020 by Eric Hauge

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 […]

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HOME Line is a tax-exempt non-profit organization under Internal Revenue Code § 501(c)(3).

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