Today, the Minnesota Supreme Court held that residential “tenants have a common-law defense to landlord evictions in retaliation for tenant complaints about material violations by the landlord of state or local law, residential covenants, or the lease.” (Page 18). In simpler terms, the Court said that a landlord cannot file an eviction against their tenant […]
HOME Line’s 2018 Annual Report
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 […]
HOME Line Welcomes new Executive Director
HOME Line is excited to announce that Eric Hauge, HOME Line’s Director of Public Policy and Organizing will be taking over as Executive Director on May 1, 2018. Eric is well known in the housing advocacy community and has worked tirelessly at the organization for the past 14 years, first as an Americorps VISTA volunteer, then […]
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