Six new AmeriCorps VISTA Members started in the HOME Line VISTA Cohort the last week of August. These VISTA Tenant Organizers are completing a year of service through AmeriCorps at host sites across the Twin Cities Metro. (Photo above) Austin (he/him) was raised in Upland, Indiana, and moved to the Twin Cities in 2018 to […]
August 2023 Sets New All-Time Record for Total Calls in a Month
August, 2023 set a new all-time record for total calls in a month (3,593 calls), topping the previous record from August, 2022 (3,550). Summer has typically trended as our busiest time of the calendar year as that’s when tenants move in/move out and things like security deposit disputes spike then. This is also the 31st […]
Recording of 8/16/23 Tenant/Landlord Webinar on new laws: Fee Disclosures, Pet Declawing/ Devocalization, Move-in/Move-out Inspections, Early Lease renewals
On August 16th, 2023, HOME Line hosted a webinar on Minnesota tenant/landlord law. HOME Line Housing Attorney and webinar host Rachael Sterling was joined by Supervising Attorney Amarilis Carrión, Shana Tomenes, Staff Attorney at the University of Minnesota’s Student Legal Service, and Zack Eichten, the State Director of the Minnesota Humane Society. The presentation covered required […]
Hotline Call Volume Up 12% From 2022
July, 2023 was yet another incredibly busy month for the tenant hotline. We took 3,307 total calls (new plus follow-up calls) last month, a 7% increase over July, 2022. For the year, the hotline has taken 12% over the 2022 total through July. While new calls are up 3% for the year (and last year […]
The Legends at Berry Residents’ Association Seeks Rent Relief
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 […]
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