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 […]
Legislation Would Add Protections for Tenants Asserting Their Rights
A common story HOME Line hears from tenants is when they reach out to their landlord about a problem, request the problem be solved, and experience some form of retaliation, such as their landlord refusing to address further concerns, charging surprise penalties, or threatening (or actually) evicting them. While this is clearly retaliation, the burden […]
Help Bring More Balance to the Tenant-Landlord Relationship
Many Minnesotans know the process someone has to go through to find an apartment. Today, it usually entails checking out Facebook marketplace, apartments.com, craigslist, or any other number of websites and postings that hundreds of other people are also all looking at and applying to. When someone finally can contact a landlord, it’s usually a […]
Recording of 1/17/24 Tenant/Landlord Webinar on new laws: Changes to Renters’ Credit
On January 17th, 2024, HOME Line Housing Attorney and Communications Coordinator Rachael Sterling hosted a webinar on a variety of new and upcoming changes to the Minnesota Renter’s Property Tax Refund (Renters’ Credit) & the related Certificate of Rent Paid (CRP) with multiple presenters: Nan Madden, Director of the Minnesota Budget Project, and staff from […]
Proposed Landlord-Tenant Law Reforms for the 2024 Legislative Session
The Minnesota Legislature made many much-needed changes to Landlord/Tenant law in 2023. Many of the changes had awaited legislative action for several years and helped bring us more in line with most of the rest of the country regarding tenant protections. But much more is left to be done. Scale and Scope of Proposed 2024 […]
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